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Topic

Assault (section 323 penal code)

Legal area

Court

7 Sept 2023

KUSHALANI A/P KALIAPPAN

Citation

AA-85-53-07/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Court

Magistrates' Court
Case number

AA-85-53-07/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)

The appellate court found the magistrate lawfully balanced public interest and the accused's mitigating circumstances and that a conditional discharge under section 173A(2)(b) for three years with RM2000 surety was a proportionate, lawful sentence for this first‑offence, minor assault; the prosecutor's appeal against sentence was dismissed.
21 Oct 2019

CHEN SIEW KONG

Citation

41LB-36-05/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

41LB-36-05/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The High Court upheld the magistrate’s discharge and acquittal because the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case: identification of the respondent was unreliable (pre-parade WhatsApp image and long delay), complainant’s account conflicted materially with medical evidence rendering him not credible, and prosecution’s failure to call two material eyewitnesses created an evidential gap permitting adverse inference; no legal error was shown to justify disturbing the magistrate's factual findings.