16 Jan 2024
Yousaf Gul [Timbalan (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara]
- Citation
- BA-42JSKH-2-02/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- BA-42JSKH-2-02/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The court held the guilty plea was valid and safely accepted because the charge and factual basis were explained to the appellant in Pashto via an interpreter, the appellant personally admitted the facts without qualification, there was corroborative evidence (ID parade, medical reports, witness identification), and proceeding without defence counsel on that occasion did not occasion a failure of justice given the counsel's repeated non-attendance and the court's compliance with procedural safeguards; conviction and sentence were therefore upheld.