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Anakanda Azmar Afiq Mohd Azman-Incest
Anakanda Azmar Afiq Mohd Azman-Incest
ANTARA
DAN
ANTARA
PENDAKWA RAYA
LAWAN
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[Rayuan dibenarkan. Hukuman yang dijatuhkan hakim bicara
digantikan dengan 12 tahun penjara dan 5 sebatan rotan.]
Mohd Amin Ishak v. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan [2013] 3 CLJ 258 HC
(dirujuk)
Mohd Yusri Baba v. PP & Kes Yang Lain [2014] 1 LNS 14 HC (dirujuk)
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PENGHAKIMAN
MUKADIMAH
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MERIT RAYUAN
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9. Mahkamah ini merujuk kes Abu Bakar Bin Alif v. R [1952] 1 LNS 4
dimana Spenser Wilkinson J dalam bahasa asalnya menzahirkan
pandangannya seperti berikut:
“In the case of Rex v. Ball 35 Cr App R 164 the Court of Criminal
Appeal restated the principles which should guide an Appellate
Court in considering the sentence passed by the Court below. “In
the first place”, the judgment reads, “this Court does not alter a
sentence which is the subject of an appeal merely because the
members of the Court might have passed a different sentence. The
trial Judge has seen the prisoner and heard his history and any
witnesses to character he may have chosen to call. It is only when a
sentence appears to err in principle that this Court will alter it. If a
sentence is excessive or inadequate to such an extent as to satisfy
this Court that when it was passed there was a failure to apply the
right principles, then this Court will intervene”. In my opinion
these remarks apply with equal force to appeals to the High Court
from the Subordinate Courts. I am unable to say in this case that
the sentence was excessive or inadequate to such an extent as to
satisfy me that there was a failure to apply the right principle.”
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10. Selanjutnya Mahkamah ini merujuk kes PP v. Mohamed Nor & Ors
[1985] 1 LNS 25 dimana YAA Abdul Hamid Omar HBM [pada ketika
itu] menyatakan seperti berikut:
And the mere fact that another court might pass a different sentence
provides no reason for the appellate court to interfere if the court
below applies the correct principles in the assessment of the
sentence.”
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The change in the attitude of the legislature itself during the last
three years reflects the seriousness of the problem. In my view the
Courts will not be performing their functions honestly if the
seriousness of the situation is not reflected in the sentence imposed
or if the sentence appears to defeat the object of the statute. This is
not saying that the Courts in the treatment of drug offences should
at all times be severe. Each case has to be determined on its own
merits. But in every case the Courts must be realistic and rational.”
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kesusahan yang akan dihadapi oleh perayu. Mahkamah ini merujuk nas-
nas duluan dalam mengarap isu kesusahan diri sebagaimana yang
diperincikan dalam kes PP v. Teh Ah Cheng [1976] 2 MLJ 186 dimana
YA Abdool Cader H telah menyatakan seperti berikut:
“The respondent also puts forward in his plea in mitigation the fact
that he is employed and supports an aged mother and step-brothers.
He should of course have thought of this before committing the
offences and not after; he is in fact pleading hardship arising from
the consequences of his own acts and I would reiterate what I had
occasion previously to observe in another case that an offender
should not expect to excite or harness any sympathy on an ipse dixit
by taking that stance of the impetuous youth who killed his parents
with an axe and then pleaded in mitigation that he was an orphan.”
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23. Mahkamah ini merujuk nas-nas duluan iaitu Teh Ah Cheng [supra]
dan Loo Choon Fatt [supra], perayu seharusnya memikirkan kesan
perbuatannya itu sebelum melakukan kesalahan. HMS itu nampaknya
memberi pertimbangan kepada kesusahan perayu dalam penghakimannya.
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27. Mahkamah ini pada akhirnya merujuk kes Tuan Mat Tuan Lonik v.
PP [2009] 4 CLJ 638, YA Suriyadi Halim Omar HMR (pada ketika itu)
ada menyatakan:
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with place, time and circumstances of each case including the age
of the offender and the prevalence of the offence. Due to the special
relationship between the victim and the appellant, let alone the
fact that the rape incidents were repeatedly carried out until an
illegitimate child was born, the demand to satisfy society's needs to
avenge the wrongful act of the appellant must take centerstage.
(paras 13 & 14)
(2) The court must show its abhorrence of incestuous rape and
impose the appropriate sentence in the circumstances of the case.”
28. Mahkamah ini juga berpendapat HMS itu tidak mengikuti trend
penghukuman yang melibatkan sumbang mahram. Sebagai rujukan
Mahkamah ini menyenaraikan tempoh hukuman penjara dan sebatan rotan
bagi kesalahan sumbang mahram iaitu s. 376B (1) Kanun itu sebagaimana
dalam JADUAL dibawah.
JADUAL
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Penjara 10
5. Mohd Yusri Baba v. PP [2014] 1 LNS 14 tahun dan 5
rotan
Penjara 18
6. Mohd Amin Ishak v. PP [2013] 3 CLJ 258 tahun dan 8
rotan
Penjara 18
7. Mohd Rashid Ismail v. PP [2013] 1 LNS 53 tahun dan 8
rotan
29. Mahkamah ini telah menimbangkan usia perayu yang masih muda
dan merupakan kesalahan yang pertama perayu. Mahkamah ini
berpendapat hukuman penjara 12 tahun mulai 14.12.2017 memadai dan
tidak berlebihan. Mahkamah ini tidak menjatuhkan hukuman penjara
yang lama bagi faedah diri perayu. Perayu sebaik menjalani hukuman
penjara nanti masih berpeluang untuk kembali kepada masyarakat.
KESIMPULAN
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(ABU BAKAR KATAR)
Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman
Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya
Kangar, Perlis
Kaunsel:
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