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Criminal procedure and sentencing

Public Prosecutor v Jayaraman s/o Ramasamy

The District Court sentenced the accused for drug trafficking, possession, and consumption offences, ordering consecutive terms for trafficking and consumption and adjusting the aggregate sentence for totality.

  • Sentencing
  • Consecutive sentences under section 307(1) of the criminal procedure code 2010
  • Misuse of drugs act offences
  • Totality principle
  • Sentencing discount for guilty plea
  • Drug-offences
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Criminal law

Public Prosecutor v Lau Kah Wai, J

The court held that a scuffle after a minor collision was not road rage violence because the immediate trigger was an attempt to stop a police call, not road-use animus.

  • Voluntarily causing hurt
  • Hurt
  • Sentencing
  • Road rage violence
  • Deterrent sentencing
  • Driving-related aggravating factors
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Criminal procedure and sentencing

NUR DIYANAH BINTE MOHAMED RAMDAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court allowed the sentence appeal, held the District Judge had relied on an inapt precedent, and reduced imprisonment from 7 months 3 weeks to 15 weeks.

  • Appeal against sentence
  • Sentencing principles
  • Payment services act 2019 s 5
  • Sentence-appeal
  • Sentencing-principles
  • Payment-services-act
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 113

JEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

High Court upheld one-week concurrent jail terms for false information and false address reporting, holding the custodial threshold was crossed and the sentence was not manifestly excessive.

  • Giving false information to a public servant
  • False reporting of change of address
  • Custodial threshold
  • Amalgamated offence
  • Primary 1 school registration
  • General deterrence
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 107

LING ZHAO BIN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed an appeal against a two-week jail sentence for careless driving causing grievous hurt, holding the case crossed the custodial threshold.

  • Road traffic act
  • Careless driving causing grievous hurt
  • Sentencing
  • Appeals
  • Harm assessment
  • Culpability assessment
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Criminal procedure and sentencing [2026] SGHC 88

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CHAN JUN HONG

The High Court allowed the Prosecution’s appeal, set aside probation, and imposed two months’ imprisonment for a drunken assault causing grievous hurt.

  • Probation suitability
  • Rehabilitation versus deterrence
  • Voluntary intoxication as aggravating factor
  • Sentencing for causing grievous hurt (s323a)
  • Probation
  • Sentencing-appeals
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 85

SONG CHAO v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court upheld five weeks’ imprisonment for serious careless driving and reduced drink-driving imprisonment to three weeks, with a 48-month driving ban.

  • Drink driving
  • Careless driving (serious offender)
  • Sentencing frameworks and calibration
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Restitution
  • Guilty plea reductions
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Criminal law [2026] SGCA 17

AFFANDI BIN MOHAMED HASSAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to adduce fresh psychiatric evidence and the appeal against conviction and death sentence for drug trafficking.

  • Fresh evidence (s 392 cpc)
  • Inadequate legal assistance
  • Mere courier (s 33b mda)
  • Presumption of trafficking (s 17 mda)
  • Sentencing (death penalty vs life imprisonment)
  • Charge framing (s 132 cpc)
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Criminal procedure and sentencing [2026] SGCA 13

Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court of Appeal dismissed sentencing appeals in a major market-manipulation case, upheld 36- and 20-year terms, and ordered counsel to pay costs.

  • False trading
  • Price manipulation
  • Market rigging
  • Use of deceptive devices in securities trading (s201 sfa)
  • Cheating causing delivery of property (s420 penal code)
  • Undischarged bankrupt managing company (s148 companies act)
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 58

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DCC

The High Court sentenced a young offender for aggravated statutory rape and aggravated sexual assault, applying rape and SAP sentencing frameworks and concurrent terms.

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault involving penetration
  • Sentencing of young offenders
  • Mandatory minimum sentences
  • Totality principle
  • One-transaction rule
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