31 Mar 2023
KARIKAALAN A/L MUNIANDY
- Citation
- AB-83-670-12/2020 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- AB-83-670-12/2020 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Prosecution failed to prove the essential elements of both charges beyond reasonable doubt because police testimony contained material inconsistencies about where the arrest and requests for identity occurred and who requested identity, the accused's account that he was arrested and handcuffed inside the investigation room before SP3's involvement was more probable and supported by documentary indication of IDD8, and prosecution failed to call material witness Saran Raj to close gaps such that an adverse inference under s114(g) was engaged; accordingly benefit of doubt went to the accused and…