28 Jan 2022
NARENDRAN A/L NAGAPPAN
- Citation
- AA-42K-37-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- AA-42K-37-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court allowed the appeals: convictions and sentences set aside and the appellant acquitted because (1) the 35 charges under s.420 were defective and occasioned a failure of justice as the prosecution evidence showed payments were made to Ganang Resources (a third party) and not solely to the appellant, rendering the charges incurable under ss.156/422 CPC; and (2) on maximum evaluation of the prosecution evidence a reasonable inference existed that the transactions were friendly loans (with documentary and bank evidence of repayments and overpayment), creating reasonable doubt as to c…