13 Apr 2026
MUHAMAD ARDILLA BIN USMAN
- Citation
- JC-83RS-48-04/2026 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- JC-83RS-48-04/2026 (Mahkamah Majistret)
The court accepted the defendant's unqualified guilty pleas and, exercising its discretion under the Criminal Procedure Code and applying the one-transaction and totality principles, held that the theft and minor offences were separate transactions lacking nexus with the drug offence; therefore the 10-month (section 411) and 6-month (section 29(1) Minor Offences Act) sentences were ordered to run concurrently with each other but to commence only after the completion of the 12-month drug sentence which runs from the date of arrest (18.1.2026); appeals against conviction and sentence were dismi…