13 Apr 2026
MUHAMAD ARDILLA BIN USMAN
- Citation
- JC-85-104-04/2026 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- JC-85-104-04/2026 (Mahkamah Majistret)
The court accepted the unqualified guilty pleas and held appeal against conviction barred by s.305 CPC. Applying the one-transaction and totality principles, the court found no nexus between the drug possession offence and the subsequent theft/minor offences (no proximity of time/place or continuity of action/purpose). Consequently the court ordered the 12-month drug sentence to run from 18.1.2026 and the 10-month (theft) and 6-month (minor offence) sentences to run concurrently with each other but to commence only after completion of the drug sentence. The appeals were dismissed and sentence…