28 Jan 2022
NARENDRAN A/L NAGAPPAN
- Citation
- AA-42K-17-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- AA-42K-17-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court allowed the appeals: the section 420 charges were defective because the prosecution's own materials showed monies were paid to a third party (Ganang Resources) and the charges as drafted misled the accused such that sections 156 and 422 CPC could not cure the defect; on the merits a maximum evaluation of the evidence supported a reasonable inference of a friendly loan and repayments (including documentary bank evidence and civil pleadings) and the Sessions Court failed to perform the necessary maximum evaluation; convictions and sentences were set aside and the appellant was ac…