KUALA LUMPUR: Six Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) college students charged with murdering and abetting within the homicide of marine cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain (pic) 4 years in the past, have been discovered responsible of culpable murder by the Excessive Courtroom right here.
Excessive Courtroom decide Justice Azman Abdullah discovered the prosecution had efficiently confirmed that the six – Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mod Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat and Mohamad Shobirin Sabri, who confronted homicide prices, and Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali, who was charged with abetment – prompted grievous damage to the sufferer through the use of a steam iron.
Nevertheless, they escaped the gallows because the decide discovered that the group was not intent on homicide.
“The courtroom is happy that the urgent of the steam iron on the physique had prompted the sufferer’s dying however this didn’t represent a premeditation on homicide.
“All six of you, with widespread intention and the abetment of the sixth accused, had collectively prompted the accidents on the deceased with no intent of homicide,” he mentioned in his determination right here on Tuesday (Nov 2).
Justice Azman mentioned primarily based on the defence, the case was confirmed on the weather of Part 299 of the Penal Code as a substitute.
The sentencing, beneath Part 304 of the Penal Code, carries a most imprisonment of 30 years and a superb.
The six initially confronted the necessary dying sentence beneath Part 302 of the Penal Code for homicide and the abetment of homicide.
The six, along with 12 others, have been additionally discovered responsible of voluntarily inflicting damage to Zulfarhan to extort a confession from him over an alleged laptop computer theft.
The 12 are Mohd Hafiz Fauzan Ismail, Mohamad Lukhmanul Hakim Mohd Zain, Ahmad Shafwan Berdal, Muhammad Amirul Asraff Mala, Luqman Hakim Shamsuri, Muhammad Sufi Mohd Mustapha, Noriznan Izzairi Noor Azhar, Muhamad Ashraf Abdullah, Muhammad Danial Firdaus Azmir, Muhammad Hasif, Muhammad Adib Iman and Mohamad Syazwan.
They have been charged with deliberately inflicting damage to the sufferer beneath Part 330 of the Penal Code, learn along with Part 34 of the identical code, which carries a most sentence of seven years imprisonment and a superb.
“The defence has failed to boost cheap doubt the place the prosecution had confirmed its case in opposition to them.
“You’re all discovered responsible beneath Part 330 of the Penal Code for inflicting damage on the deceased to get the confession from him,” the decide mentioned.
Justice Azman has but to mete out sentencing. The courtroom is in recess.
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