TAN SENG HUAT v Pendakwa Raya

ba-42k-7-10-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 19 May 2025 • BA-42K-7-10/2024

Catchwords

Appeal against conviction and sentence – s.471 of the Penal Code and punishable under s.465 of the same Code – a finding of a prima facie case was made at the end of prosecution case and defence called – issues raised - duplicity of charges - contravention of s.163 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) - whether mere irregularity curable under s.422 of the CPC – whether testimony of PW4 tantamount to adducing evidence of bad character of appellant so as to show / insinuate the propensity of appellant to commit forgery thus inadmissible under s.54 of the Evidence Act, 1950

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure Criminal Law

Judges (1)

Wendy Ooi Su Ghee Delivered

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Tan Seng Huat Appellant

Judgment

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