A teenage girl is seeking to challenge a court order denying her bail in a murder case involving her newborn baby boy.
The 15-year-old’s defence counsel Sangeet Kaur Deo (above) said that they have filed an application to reverse the decision of the Kemaman Magistrates’ Court to deny the accused to be released on bail, pending disposal of the criminal court case.
“We have filed a revision of the said decision, which will be heard by the Kuala Terengganu High Court on March 3, 2022,” read the media statement by Sangeet, who is from the law firm Karpal Singh & Co.
On Feb 15, the teen, who was alleged to have stabbed her newborn baby boy to death earlier that month, was charged with murder at the Magistrates’ Court in Kemaman, Terengganu.
She was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the death penalty if convicted.
According to a Malay Mail report, magistrate Tengku Eliana Kamaruzaman rejected the teenager’s plea to be released on bail.
Under Malaysian law, Section 302 is a non-bailable offence, meaning that bail is only granted at the discretion of the court.
However, according to the teen’s lawyer Nurainie Haziqah, Section 388 of the Criminal Procedure Code allows for exceptions to be made if the person charged is either sick, a minor or a female.
“We had also submitted that this case is of great public interest and is widely reported by the media. The court could have set a (good) precedent,” she was quoted as saying.
The teenager was remanded for seven days earlier in February to facilitate a police investigation.
The authorities are also looking for the girl's 20-year-old boyfriend, believed to have raped her.
It was reported that the newborn was found dead on Feb 8 at the girl's house in Felcra Sri Bandi in Chukai, Kemaman.
The victim was believed to have been stabbed with a sharp object. - Mkini
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