Pendakwa Raya v JIVA A/L GOPAL KRISHNAN

05rj-11-12-2024p Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 11 November 2025 • 05(RJ)-11-12/2024(P) • 34 min read
24 cases cited (0 SG, 24 foreign)

Catchwords

Jenayah — Hukuman mati — Semakan hukuman mati — semakan hukuman mati selepas diberi pengampunan oleh Lembaga Pengampunan Perlembagaan Persekutuan — Perkara 42 — Pengampunan Diraja — Kuasa Lembaga Pengampunan — Keputusan pengampunan — Sama ada boleh dicabar melalui semakan kehakiman Mahkamah Persekutuan — Bidang kuasa — Bidang kuasa penyemakan sementara — Semakan hukuman mati — s. 2 Akta Semakan Hukuman Mati dan Penjara Sepanjang Hayat (Bidang Kuasa Sementara Mahkamah Persekutuan) 2023 (Akta 847) Amalan dan Prosedur — Kaedah 137 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah Persekutuan 1995 — Permohonan semakan hukuman — Sama ada terpakai selepas pengampunan Diraja Lembaga Pengampunan — Kuasa perlembagaan — Keputusan mengubah hukuman mati — Kesan terhadap bidang kuasa Mahkamah Persekutuan Isu Undang-Undang — Sama ada seseorang yang telah dihukum mati dan kemudiannya memperoleh pengampunan di bawah Perkara 42 Perlembagaan Persekutuan berhak/boleh mengemukakan permohonan semakan semula hukuman mati — Sama ada Mahkamah Persekutuan mempunyai bidang kuasa penyemakan sementara di bawah s. 2 Akta 847 selepas hukuman diubah oleh Lembaga Pengampunan

Practice Areas

Jenayah

Judges (5)

Abu Bakar bin Jais Coram Azizah binti Haji Nawawi Coram Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali Delivered Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim Coram Utama Wan Ahmad Farid bin Wan Salleh Delivered

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Appellant Jiva a/l Gopal Krishnan Respondent

Case Significance

Pendakwa Raya v JIVA A/L GOPAL KRISHNAN is a Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) decision dated November 11, 2025 (citation: 05rj-11-12-2024p). <p>The Public Prosecutor applied for review of the Federal Court's earlier decision allowing death sentence review applications from prisoners who had already received Royal Pardons commuting their sentences. The Federal Court held that once a Royal Pardon has been granted commuting a death sentence, the prisoner is no longer a 'person under sentence of death' within the meaning of the Death Sentence and Life Imprisonment Review Act 2023, and therefore the Federal Court lacks jurisdiction to rev The panel comprised Abu Bakar bin Jais, Azizah binti Haji Nawawi, Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali, Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim and Utama Wan Ahmad Farid bin Wan Salleh, with Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali delivering the judgment.

Summary

The Public Prosecutor applied for review of the Federal Court's earlier decision allowing death sentence review applications from prisoners who had already received Royal Pardons commuting their sentences. The Federal Court held that once a Royal Pardon has been granted commuting a death sentence, the prisoner is no longer a 'person under sentence of death' within the meaning of the Death Sentence and Life Imprisonment Review Act 2023, and therefore the Federal Court lacks jurisdiction to review the sentence. The review applications were allowed and the earlier orders were set aside.

What was the outcome of Pendakwa Raya v JIVA A/L GOPAL KRISHNAN?

<p>The Public Prosecutor applied for review of the Federal Court's earlier decision allowing death sentence review applications from prisoners who had...

Cases Cited (24)

UK (7)
[1910] AC 444 [1948] Ch 145 [1951] All ER 839 [1976] 1 All ER 353 [1980] 1 WLR 142 [1980] 3 WLR 209 [1983] 2 WLR 16
MY (17)
[1968] 2 MLJ 249 [1979] 2 MLJ 170 [1981] 1 MLJ 222 [1983] 2 MLJ 116 [1985] 2 MLJ 385 [1994] 4 CLJ 285 [1997] 1 MLJ 94 [2002] 4 MLJ 529 [2004] 4 CLJ 194 [2006] 4 CLJ 195 [2006] 6 MLJ 97 [2010] 6 CLJ 204 [2012] 1 CLJ 49 [2021] 2 MLJ 60 [2021] 6 MLJ 348 [2021] 8 CLJ 409 [2022] 1 MLJ 778