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Public Prosecutor v JFO

The court upheld convictions for outrage of modesty against the accused's daughter and affirmed 16 months' imprisonment on each charge, to run concurrently.

  • Outrage of modesty
  • Section 354 penal code
  • Assessment of uncorroborated testimony
  • Sentencing framework
  • Judicial mercy
  • Medical conditions in sentencing
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 90

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TAN SHAY HOWE

The High Court adopted the Huang Ying-Chun framework for self-laundering under s 54(1) CDSA and increased the respondent’s CDSA sentences to 22 and 26 months.

  • Sentencing framework
  • Self-laundering under s 54(1) cdsa
  • Assessment of offender's role
  • Scams-related facilitation
  • Sentencing-framework
  • Self-laundering
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 80

TRAN THI TIEN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court set aside a one-week jail sentence for unauthorised receipt of confidential information under the Official Secrets Act and substituted a S$1,500 fine.

  • Sentencing framework
  • General deterrence
  • Unauthorised receipt of confidential information
  • Section 5(2) osa
  • Section 17(2) osa
  • Parity in sentencing
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 60

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Mookkapillai Pazhanivel

The High Court convicted the accused of rape and sexual assault by penetration involving a 12-year-old victim, preferred her evidence, rejected his account, and imposed 15 years’ imprisonment and 14 strokes.

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault
  • Cross-examination of complainants
  • Self-represented accused
  • Voluntariness of statements
  • Corroboration and lucas lie
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 227

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ZH BUILDERS PTE. LTD.

The High Court allowed sentencing appeals under the Building Control Act, holding that the respondents’ culpability was high and the harm at least medium.

  • Sentencing framework
  • Harm assessment
  • Culpability
  • Plea discount
  • Offender-specific aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Sentencing-framework
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Road traffic [2024] SGHC 152

DARYLE SEAH MING YANG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court held that benchmark sentencing is suitable for s 35(1) Road Traffic Act offences and set a two-week custodial benchmark for archetypal unqualified drivers.

  • Driving without a licence
  • Sentencing framework
  • Benchmark sentencing
  • Disqualification orders
  • Aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Driving-without-a-licence
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 129

CHEN SONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court held that “hurt” under s 65(4) of the Road Traffic Act is exclusive of grievous hurt, and set sentencing guidance for careless driving appeals.

  • Careless driving
  • Grievous hurt vs hurt
  • Sentencing framework
  • Prosecutorial discretion
  • Short detention orders
  • Disqualification orders
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Criminal law [2023] SGHC 338

SYED FATHUDDIN PUTRA BIN SYED A RAHMAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court rejected the Pang Shuo graphical sentencing framework for Customs Act cigarette offences, reaffirmed Yap Ah Lai, and dismissed both appeals.

  • Customs act offences
  • Sentencing framework
  • Statutory penalties
  • Plea mitigation
  • Customs-act-offences
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Criminal law [2023] SGHC 187

HUANG XIAOYUE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court adopted a benchmark sentencing framework for unlicensed massage establishment offences and reduced the appellant’s sentence from 24 to 18 weeks.

  • Massage establishments
  • Strict liability
  • Sentencing framework
  • Benchmark sentencing
  • Repeat offender
  • Custodial threshold
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Criminal law [2023] SGHC 119

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CHENG CHANG TONG

The High Court held that the Wu Zhi Yong sentencing framework guided careless-driving sentencing under the Road Traffic Act and reduced a manifestly inadequate fine to two weeks’ imprisonment.

  • Sentencing framework
  • Careless driving
  • Dangerous driving
  • Repeat offender
  • Drink driving
  • Sentencing bands
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