KAJANG – Three students at a madrasah in Hulu Langat pleaded guilty at the magistrates’ court today on the charge of causing injury to two junior students last month.
All three accused aged between 16 and 17 entered the plea after the charge against them was read before magistrate Syahrul Sazly Md Sain.
Sentencing has been fixed for December 29 pending their probation reports.
In the same court, another senior student, Muhammad Muaz Zainul Abidin, 24, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. The court then fixed the same date for re-mention.
According to the charge, they were jointly accused of intentionally inflicting injury on the two students, aged 10 and 12 respectively, in a tahfiz centre’s dormitory in Hulu Langat, here at 7.30pm on October 31.
The charge framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same code carries a maximum one-year jail term or a fine of up to RM2,000, or both if convicted.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Nurul Husna Amran offered bail at RM4,000 for each of the juvenile offenders, and RM5,000 for Muaz.
All the accused who were not represented pleaded for lower bail.
The court granted bail at RM1,000 for each of the three juvenile offenders while Muaz was allowed RM1,500 bail with one surety. – Bernama, November 29, 2021
