BHAHIRA BIN FAKRI v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara]

w-05sh-67-03-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 10 March 2024 • W-05(SH)-67-03/2023 • 37 min read
44 cases cited (0 SG, 44 foreign)

Outcome

We unanimously dismissed the first and second accused appeal. Conviction and thirty (30) years’ imprisonment from date of arrest (20 June 2019) with fifteen (15) strokes of whipping meted out by the learned trial judge is affirmed.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (w-05sh-67-03-2023). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Section 39B(1)(a) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan - Adverse inference principle under section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950 - Presumption of trafficking - Section 37(da) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 – Section 9 Evidence Act 1950 - Section 14 Evidence Act 1950 - Facts showing existence of state of mind or of body or bodily feeling - A bare denial defence cannot create a reasonable doubt because it is never a plausible defence - Whether there were doubts as to the identity of the impugned drugs and break in the chain of evidence? - There was no material breaks in the chain of evidence - No failure on the analysis of facts, application of law, misdirection or appealable errors in the judgment of the learned trial judge that warranted our appellate intervention - Unanimously dismissed the appeal.

Practice Areas

Criminal Law Evidence

Judges (3)

Azmi bin Ariffin Delivered Hadhariah bt Syed Ismail Coram Noorin binti Badaruddin Coram

Counsel (6)

Hisyam Teh Firm Hisyam Teh Poh Teik Counsel Appellant Kee Wei Lon Counsel Appellant Low Wei Loke Counsel Appellant Mohd. Fuad bin Abdul Aziz Counsel Respondent Ng Siew Wee Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Bhahira bin Fakri Appellant

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
s 182A
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)
s 39B(1)(a)
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 14

Cases Cited (44)

MY (44)
[1956] 1 MLJ 28 [1956] 22 MLJ 237 [1964] MLJ 20 [1969] MLRA 382 [1980] 2 MLJ 195 [1981] 1 MLJ 212 [1981] 1 MLJ 64 [1984] 2 MLJ 165 [1989] 2 CLJ 442 [1991] 3 CLJ 2387 [1991] 3 MLJ 423 [1992] 1 CLJ 345 [1992] 1 CLJ 364 [1996] 3 MLJ 560 [1997] 1 CLJ 233 [2003] 2 CLJ 19 [2003] 2 MLJ 241 [2003] 2 MLJ 97 [2003] 5 MLJ 49 [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [2004] 4 CLJ 309 [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [2005] 1 CLJ 193 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2006] 3 MLJ 193 [2006] 5 MLJ 559 [2006] 6 CLJ 379 [2007] 4 CLJ 337 [2008] 2 CLJ 284 [2008] 2 MLJ 87 [2009] 1 CLJ 717 [2009] 6 CLJ 626 [2009] 6 MLJ 1 [2010] 3 CLJ 377 [2010] 3 MLJ 509 [2011] 1 CLJ 273 [2012] 3 CLJ 41 [2012] 4 MLJ 149 [2013] 3 MLJ 630 [2013] 4 MLJ 693 [2013] 6 CLJ 945 [2013] 6 MLJ 636 [2017] 5 CLJ 58 [2019] 4 MLJ 317

Judgment

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