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Malaysia Case Law

Sentencing for possession
  • 8 Dec 2025

    ABDUL BIN MOHD DESA

    Citation
    K-05(H)-205-05/2024 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
    Court
    H
    Case number
    K-05(H)-205-05/2024 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

    Although the evidence established that the appellants possessed the drugs with common intention (possession and knowledge proven by direct observation of handling/packing), the trial court's conviction for trafficking under s.39B(1)(a) based on invoking s.37(da) atop a deemed possession was unsafe as it amounted to a 'presumption upon a presumption'; convictions under s.39B(1)(a) were quashed and substituted with convictions for possession under s.12(2) ADB punishable under s.39A(2) ADB read with s.34 Penal Code; appropriate sentence fixed at 10 years' imprisonment and 10 strokes from the dat…