Ranjith Singh A/l Mahindar Singh v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara]

k-05sh-427-09-2024 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 14 October 2025 • K-05(SH)-427-09/2024 • 37 min read

15 cases cited (0 SG, 15 foreign)

Outcome

The appellant’s appeal is dismissed, and the conviction and sentence by the learned HCJ are hereby affirmed.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (k-05sh-427-09-2024). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Prosedur Jenayah — Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman — Tertuduh didakwa atas kesalahan mengedar dadah berbahaya di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 — dihukum di bawah seksyen 39B(2) Akta tersebut — Tertuduh dijatuhkan hukuman pemenjaraan 30 tahun dari tarikh tangkap (10.02.2021) — Sama ada pembelaan telah dipertimbangkan secukupnya oleh hakim perbicaraan — Sama ada hakim perbicaraan telah melakukan kesilapan dalam keputusannya.

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure Criminal Law

Judges (3)

Collin Lawrence Sequerah Coram Hayatul Akmal binti Abdul Aziz Delivered Mohd Radzi bin Abdul Hamid Coram

Counsel (6)

Attorney General's Chambers Firm Karpal Singh & Co. Firm Ganeraja Krishnan Counsel Appellant Harshaan Zamani Counsel Appellant Sangeet Kaur Deo Counsel Appellant Solehah Noratikah binti Ismail Counsel Prosecution

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Ranjith Singh a/l Mahindar Singh Appellant

Statutes Cited

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952

s 39B(1)(a)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (15)

MY (15)

[1956] 1 MLJ 28 [1956] 22 MLJ 237 [1977] 1 MLJ 15 [1993] 2 MLJ 322 [1999] 2 MLJ 1 [2000] 4 CLJ 649 [2000] 6 MLJ 705 [2003] 2 MLJ 97 [2006] 1 CLJ 457 [2009] 5 MLJ 301 [2011] 1 CLJ 805 [2013] 6 MLJ 741 [2019] 4 MLJ 651 [2020] 5 CLJ 105 [2021] 4 MLJ 660

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (k-05sh-427-09-2024)