MAGENDRAN A/L MUKUNTHAN v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara]

w-05sh-91-02-2024 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 26 March 2025 • W-05(SH)-91-02/2024 • 37 min read
34 cases cited (1 SG, 33 foreign)

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Summary

The appellant was convicted of three drug charges including trafficking 191.1g of methamphetamine at Taman Mastiara, KL, and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment with 12 strokes. The Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence, finding the appellant had possession and knowledge of the drugs, his defence was not credible, and the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

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Cases Cited (34)

SLR (1)
[2001] 1 SLR 633
UK (1)
[1974] 2 All ER 840
MY (31)
[1969] MLRA 382 [1977] 2 MLJ 78 [1984] 2 MLJ 165 [1997] 1 CLJ 233 [2001] 1 CLJ 381 [2003] 2 CLJ 19 [2003] 2 MLJ 97 [2004] 4 CLJ 309 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2007] 4 CLJ 337 [2008] 2 CLJ 284 [2008] 2 MLJ 87 [2008] 4 CLJ 764 [2008] 6 MLJ 19 [2009] 1 CLJ 717 [2009] 6 CLJ 626 [2009] 6 MLJ 1 [2010] 3 CLJ 377 [2010] 3 MLJ 509 [2010] 6 MLJ 145 [2011] 1 CLJ 273 [2011] 5 CLJ 630 [2012] 4 MLJ 149 [2013] 4 CLJ 149 [2013] 4 CLJ 21 [2013] 4 MLJ 693 [2016] 5 CLJ 533 [2017] 1 CLJ 575 [2017] 5 CLJ 58 [2019] MLJU 128 [2020] 3 CLJ 240
IN (1)
AIR 1967 SC 451

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