29 Jul 2021
AB - 42S - 15 - 09/2020 & AB - 42H - 6 - 09/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Citation
- AB - 42S - 15 - 09/2020 & AB - 42H - 6 - 09/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- AB - 42S - 15 - 09/2020 & AB - 42H - 6 - 09/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Section 39C(1) DDA does not make whipping mandatory; the phrase 'shall also be punished' confers judicial discretion to impose whipping only if facts and circumstances justify it. The Sessions Court erred by relying on unrelated prior convictions and imposed whipping without adequate reasons. Conviction is affirmed but the whipping is set aside and imprisonment reduced to the statutory minimum of five years.