29 Nov 2023
MOHD EFFENDY BIN A. JAMIL
- Citation
- WA-83-230-01/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- WA-83-230-01/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
The court found all elements of s323 read with s326A proved, convicted the accused but exercised sentencing discretion to substitute imprisonment with a compulsory attendance order of 2 hours daily for 4 months under the Compulsory Attendance of Offenders Act 1954 (s.5), with RM2000 bond and one surety, because the injury severity was indeterminate, the accused was a first offender and breadwinner, rehabilitation and preserving family welfare outweighed the need for immediate imprisonment, and the sentence was proportionate and lawful.