PETALING JAYA - A Sessions Court here has fixed Dec 3 to decide whether constable V. Navindran is guilty of causing grievous hurt to suspected car thief A. Kugan, who died in police custody.
Judge Aslam Zainuddin also fixed Nov 8 for the prosecution to add more arguments in their submission.
The defence is to reply to the prosecution's submission by Nov 22. Deputy Public Prosecutors Abazafree Mohd Abbas, Lailawati Ali and Azlina Rasdi acted for the prosecution while Navindran was represented by defence counsel P.M. Nagarajan.
On Oct 1 last year, Navindran, 28, pleaded not guilty to two charges of causing grievous hurt to 23-year-old Kugan.
The policeman was accused of committing the offences at the interrogation room of the serious crimes branch's office at the Taipan police station in USJ, Subang Jaya, at 7am and 4pm on Jan 16 last year.
Navindran, who was attached to the Subang Jaya district police station, was alleged to have caused grievous hurt to Kugan to extort a confession or information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct.
If found guilty, Navindran could be jailed up to 10 years and fined for each charge under Section 331 of the Penal Code.
The father of one, who was later transferred to the Shah Alam police station, also pleaded not guilty to two alternative charges of causing hurt to Kugan for similar purposes on the same day.
For the two alternative charges, he could be sentenced up to seven years' jail and fined under Section 330 of the same Code, if convicted.
Kugan was detained on Jan 15 for alleged car theft but died five days later in police custody.
The trial started on Feb 18 this year.
Source : thestar.com.my / malaysian mirror
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