Our Partner, Ankit Sanghvi and Associate, Chew Jin Heng represented 1 of the 3 individuals who were arrested and jointly accused of shooting a businessman in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur which occurred in July 2022.
All 3 individuals were jointly charged for the offence of murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code (โPCโ) read together with Section 34 of the PC (punishable with death by hanging).
This matter was fixed for trial before the Kuala Lumpur High Court in July 2024.
Our criminal defence team reviewed the evidence and issued a representation letter on behalf of our client to the Attorney General’s Chambers, outlining our position and justification for the murder charge to be reconsidered.
On the first day of trial before the High Court, upon reviewing and considering the representation issued by the defence counsels on behalf of the 3 accused individuals respectively, a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304(b) of the PC read together with Section 34 of the PC (punishable with imprisonment of up to 10 years or with fine or with both) was offered by the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Before the High Court, all 3 accused individuals pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Upon hearing the submissions for mitigation from the defence counsels, the High Court sentenced the 3 individuals to a term of imprisonment of 5 years from the date of the arrest.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐:๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ 5 ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
Our Partner, Ankit Sanghvi and Associate, Chew Jin Heng represented 1 of the 3 individuals who were arrested and jointly accused of shooting a businessman in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur which occurred in July 2022.
All 3 individuals were jointly charged for the offence of murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code (โPCโ) read together with Section 34 of the PC (punishable with death by hanging).
This matter was fixed for trial before the Kuala Lumpur High Court in July 2024.
Our criminal defence team reviewed the evidence and issued a representation letter on behalf of our client to the Attorney General’s Chambers, outlining our position and justification for the murder charge to be reconsidered.
On the first day of trial before the High Court, upon reviewing and considering the representation issued by the defence counsels on behalf of the 3 accused individuals respectively, a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304(b) of the PC read together with Section 34 of the PC (punishable with imprisonment of up to 10 years or with fine or with both) was offered by the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Before the High Court, all 3 accused individuals pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Upon hearing the submissions for mitigation from the defence counsels, the High Court sentenced the 3 individuals to a term of imprisonment of 5 years from the date of the arrest.