7 Oct 2021
05(L)-23-02/2020(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Citation
- 05(L)-23-02/2020(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- L
- Case number
- 05(L)-23-02/2020(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
The appeal was allowed and a discharge amounting to an acquittal was ordered because the facts warranted it; section 254(3) CPC confers a judicial discretion to direct that a discharge shall amount to an acquittal, and the court should apply the plain meaning of the statute while exercising that discretion judicially and balancing public interest and individual rights.