3 Jul 2023
AHMAD AMMAR BIN HASSAN
- Citation
- PA-42S(A)-1-12/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- A
- Case number
- PA-42S(A)-1-12/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Appellate court concluded the trial judge rightly found that prosecution proved a prima facie case, the statutory presumption under s.50(1) applied and was not rebutted by the defence evidence which the trial judge properly assessed as recent invention/afterthought; therefore conviction of the appellant on both counts and sentence of 12 months imprisonment and RM10,000 fine (per count) were upheld. Prosecution appeals were allowed in part: co-accused's one-day sentence was increased to 12 months and the acquittal on the second charge was set aside, with sentences to run concurrently from 3 Ju…