[Timbalan (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara] SUGUMARAN A/L VEEJAKUMARAN

[Timbalan (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara] SUGUMARAN A/L VEEJAKUMARAN

On the totality of credible prosecution evidence — eyewitness testimony, forensic post‑mortem establishing multiple blunt force trauma sufficient to cause death (s.300(c)), corroborating investigative findings and failure of defendants to raise reasonable doubt via alibi or credible exculpatory evidence — the court...

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Citation
BA-45B-11-05/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Parties
Prosecution: Pendakwa Raya; Defendant: Ragunathan a/l Selvamani; Defendant: Navukarasan a/l Rethinasingam; Defendant: Sugumaran a/l Veejakumaran
Court
High Court
Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Judgment Date
12 June 2025
Case Number
BA-45B-11-05/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Procedural Posture
Criminal Murder (section 302 Kanun Keseksaan) / Trial Judgment and Sentencing (conviction)
Outcome
All three defendants convicted of murder under section 302 of the Penal Code read with section 34
Legal Topics
Murder, Culpable Homicide, Common Intention (s.34), Alibi, Mens Rea, Identification and Credibility, Post Mortem Findings, Sentencing After Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty
Criminal Law Evidence Criminal Procedure Forensic Medicine Murder Culpable Homicide Common Intention (s.34) Alibi +4 more

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Parties

Pendakwa Raya

Prosecution

Ragunathan a/l Selvamani

Defendant

Navukarasan a/l Rethinasingam

Defendant

Sugumaran a/l Veejakumaran

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Criminal Murder (section 302 Kanun Keseksaan) / Trial Judgment and Sentencing (conviction)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether prosecution proved all elements of murder under ss.299,300 and 302 Kanun Keseksaan
  2. 2 Whether mens rea for murder (including s.300(c)) was established
  3. 3 Whether common intention under s.34 existed among defendants

Ratio Decidendi

On the totality of credible prosecution evidence — eyewitness testimony, forensic post‑mortem establishing multiple blunt force trauma sufficient to cause death (s.300(c)), corroborating investigative findings and failure of defendants to raise reasonable doubt via alibi or credible exculpatory evidence — the court found mens rea and common intention proven under s.302 read with s.34 and convicted all three defendants; given current statutory context the court imposed imprisonment rather than death: 35 years and 12 strokes each.

Court Disposition

All three defendants convicted of murder under section 302 of the Penal Code read with section 34

Orders

  • All three defendants guilty of offence under section 302 Kanun Keseksaan read with section 34
  • Each defendant sentenced to 35 years imprisonment from date of arrest and 12 strokes of the rotan