TEMERLOH – The high court here today allowed an application by Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairman Datuk R. Sri Sanjeevan to postpone his jail sentence until his appeal has been decided by the Court of Appeal.
Judge Datuk Hassan Abdul Ghani, however, ordered Sanjeevan to post bail at RM35,000 with two sureties and submit his passport to the court until the case is settled.
“The applicant must also report himself to the Semenyih police station in Kajang, Selangor, every week until the hearing of the case at the Court of Appeal is completed, and obtain the permission of the Kajang district police chief before leaving the district.
“If the applicant violates any of these conditions, his bail will be cancelled.”
Counsel S. Preakas, who represented Sanjeevan at Wednesday’s proceedings, earlier informed the court that the Court of Appeal has set January 14 to hear the appeal.
Deputy public prosecutor Law Chin How represented the public prosecutor, who is named as the respondent in the application.
Sanjeevan was earlier sentenced to three months’ jail and fined RM7,000 after being convicted by the magistrates’ court on August 14, 2018 of blackmailing a businessman seven years ago.
He was charged with demanding RM1,500 in cash, in return for the victim being allowed to continue business, in Jalan Dagangan 8, Triang Commercial Centre, Bera, on July 1, 2013.
The magistrates’ court at the time received Sanjeevan’s application to postpone his prison sentence, and ordered the RM3,000 bail imposed on him to be increased to RM6,000. The payment was made.
On November 27, the high court, hearing Sanjeevan’s appeal against the conviction and sentence, upheld the magistrates’ court decision, and rejected his application to once again postpone his jail sentence as he intends to appeal at a higher level.
The decision resulted in Sanjeevan being sent to Penor Prison in Kuantan to serve his sentence on the same day. – Bernama, December 4, 2020
