Mohamed Aliff Bin Mohamed Yusoff v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
Key facts
| Court | Court of Appeal |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judges | Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Steven Chong, Tay Yong Kwang |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Law |
| Counsel | Attorney-General's Chambers, Kana & Co, Han Ming Kuang, Kanagavijayan Nadarajan, Lim Shin Hui |
Source: [2023] SGCA 25, Court of Appeal, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Mohamed Aliff bin Mohamed Yusoff v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGCA 25 is an ex tempore judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on 11 September 2023 in Criminal Appeal No 28 of 2022, with Tay Yong Kwang JCA delivering the judgment of the court sitting with Steven Chong JCA and Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA. The appellant, Mohamed Aliff bin Mohamed Yusoff, appealed against his conviction after trial in the High Court for murder under s 300(c) of the Penal Code punishable under s 302(2), for causing the death of Izz Fayyaz Zayani Bin Ahmad, a nine-month-old boy, between 7 and 8 November 2019 at a multi-storey car park at Block 840A Yishun Street 81. The trial judge had declined to impose the death penalty and instead sentenced him to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane, against which he did not appeal.
[2023] SGCA 25 explained
Mohamed Aliff Bin Mohamed Yusoff v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2023] SGCA 25) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 11 September 2023. It is categorised under Criminal Law. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGCA 25 about?
Mohamed Aliff Bin Mohamed Yusoff v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2023] SGCA 25) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Offences — Murder”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2023] SGCA 25 consider?
The judgment refers to Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
Summary
Mohamed Aliff bin Mohamed Yusoff appealed against his High Court conviction for murder under s 300(c) of the Penal Code for causing the death of a nine-month-old boy by inflicting blunt force trauma to the boy's head, for which he had been sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane. He maintained the boy had fallen accidentally and challenged the admissibility of his police statements. The Court of Appeal found the evidence pointed clearly to his guilt, affirmed the conviction and sentence, and dismissed the appeal.
What was Mohamed Aliff bin Mohamed Yusoff v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGCA 25 about?
It was a Court of Appeal ex tempore judgment delivered by Tay Yong Kwang JCA on 11 September 2023 concerning Mohamed Aliff bin Mohamed Yusoff's appeal against his High Court conviction for the murder of a nine-month-old boy under s 300(c) of the Penal Code.
What sentence was imposed at trial in [2023] SGCA 25?
The trial judge declined to impose the death penalty and instead sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane for murder under s 300(c) punishable under s 302(2) of the Penal Code; he did not appeal against sentence.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGCA 25)