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Topic

Forensic corroboration

Legal area

Court

3 Jul 2025

Song Chun Ru [TIMBALAN ]

Citation

JB-42S-5-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

JB-42S-5-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The High Court found the trial judge was entitled to accept PW1 as a credible eyewitness, and PW7's forensic findings corroborated blunt trauma consistent with weapons; on the totality of evidence the offence was properly characterised as culpable homicide not amounting to murder under s.304(b) Penal Code; the prosecution and defence appeals were dismissed and the convictions and sentences (5 years imprisonment each) were upheld.
26 May 2025

MUHAMMAD MUHIZAN BIN RAMLI

Citation

KA-45A-5-02/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

KA-45A-5-02/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt because the defence, supported by two credible witnesses, produced an alternative and coherent inference that created reasonable doubt as to possession and knowledge; the statutory presumption was rebutted by the defence narrative and prosecutorial omissions to investigate or call corroborative inquiry, therefore accused must be acquitted.