15 Mar 2022
ABDUL HALIM BIN SAAD
- Citation
- AB-41H-5-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- AB-41H-5-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Convictions were safe because the appellants entered unequivocal, informed guilty pleas and identified exhibits by photographs; failure to produce physical exhibits was not fatal. However the Magistrate's custodial sentences were excessive given appellants' personal circumstances, absence of violence, and lack of previous convictions; public interest is better served by substantial fines in this case, so sentences were substituted with fines (1st appellant RM5,000 in default 2 months' imprisonment; 2nd appellant RM2,500 per charge totalling RM7,500 in default one month per charge to be served…