Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin
About Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin
Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin appears as counsel of record in 18 reported Malaysia judgments (2024–2026). These were heard before MYHC (18).
On the court record
A general-crime prosecution practice in the High Court, spanning drug trafficking, homicide and a range of Penal Code offences.
Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin appears for the prosecution in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), and the reported decisions describe a broad criminal caseload conducted at first instance and on appeal from the subordinate courts. Drug prosecutions are central: charges of trafficking under "seksyen 39B Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952" (section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952), including cases in which several persons are jointly accused of dealing in dangerous drugs. Alongside these run homicide prosecutions under "seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan" (section 302 of the Penal Code) and a spread of Penal Code offences.
The breadth of the offence base is a defining feature. The catchwords in her matters reach housebreaking under section 457, criminal intimidation and outrage of modesty under sections 347 and 509, and questions of criminal responsibility including the defence of unsoundness of mind under section 84. The procedural posture is varied: some are full trials ("perbicaraan penuh"), others criminal appeals ("rayuan jenayah") from a Magistrate's decision, in which the prosecution either resists a defence appeal or itself appeals against an acquittal.
What emerges is a general-crime prosecution practice rather than a narrow speciality — drug trafficking forms the core, but the reported work also covers offences against the person, property offences, and the procedural and evidential questions that attend them, such as whether the prosecution has established the elements of its charge at the close of its case. The matters turn on proof of the statutory elements, the operation of the drug presumptions, and the correctness of subordinate-court decisions under appellate review. The reported matters also include multi-accused drug trials and revisionary questions arising from the High Court's supervisory role over the Magistrates and Sessions Courts, so the practice combines primary prosecution advocacy at first instance with the appellate and revisionary oversight the High Court exercises over the criminal work of the courts below it.
How many cases has Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin appeared in?
Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin appears as counsel of record in 18 reported Malaysia judgments (2024–2026).
Which courts does Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin appear in?
Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin appears before MYHC (18).
Which side does Intan Nor Hilwani binti Mat Rifin act for?
The reported decisions record her appearing for the prosecution in the High Court, both at trial and on criminal appeals from the subordinate courts.
How broad is her criminal caseload?
It is broad: drug trafficking under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act sits alongside murder under section 302 of the Penal Code and offences such as housebreaking, criminal intimidation and outrage of modesty.