PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hashim Bin Ismail & 3 Ors
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Pang Khang Chau |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Law |
| Counsel | Allagarsamy & Co, Attorney-General's Chambers, Characterist LLC, Clifford Law LLP, Dew Chambers, Fleet Street Law LLC, James Selvaraj, Ram Goswami, Ramesh Tiwary, Allagarsamy s/o Palaniyappan, Anandan Bala, Aw Wee Chong Nicholas, Dhanaraj James Selvaraj, Krishna Ramakrishna Sharma, Ram Goswami, Ramesh Chandr Tiwary, Samuel Yap, Theong Li Han, Wee Heng Yi Adrian, Wong Li-Yen Dew |
Source: [2023] SGHC 165, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Public Prosecutor v Hashim bin Ismail and others [2023] SGHC 165 is a grounds of decision of Pang Khang Chau J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 12 June 2023 in Criminal Case No 40 of 2018. It was the joint trial of four accused persons — Hashim bin Ismail, a Singaporean born in 1965; Jayacelan a/l Kerusnan, a Malaysian born in 1982; Azuin bin Mohd Tap, a Singaporean born in 1970; and Kumaran Kesawan, a Malaysian born in 1967 — each charged with trafficking in five packets containing 2,298.7 g of granular/powdery substance found to contain not less than 97.02 g of diamorphine. The Prosecution's case was that the four were involved in delivering the drugs in a relay, beginning with Kumaran bringing them into Singapore from Malaysia and ending with Azuin picking them up from a carpark next to Sim Lim Tower.
[2023] SGHC 165 explained
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hashim Bin Ismail & 3 Ors ([2023] SGHC 165) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 12 June 2023. It is categorised under Criminal Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 2 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. 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] SGHC 165 about?
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hashim Bin Ismail & 3 Ors ([2023] SGHC 165) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Statutory offences — Misuse of Drugs Act”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 165 consider?
The judgment refers to Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68), Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185), and Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 165?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 165 has been cited by 2 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
Four accused persons stood joint trial for trafficking five packets containing not less than 97.02g of diamorphine, brought into Singapore from Malaysia and passed in a relay near Sim Lim Tower, under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The High Court convicted Kumaran, Jayacelan and Azuin. Kumaran and Jayacelan, found to be couriers with certificates of substantive assistance, received life imprisonment (Jayacelan also 15 strokes), while Azuin, lacking such a certificate, was sentenced to death.
What was Public Prosecutor v Hashim bin Ismail [2023] SGHC 165 about?
It was the joint drug-trafficking trial of four accused before Pang Khang Chau J, decided on 12 June 2023, each charged with trafficking five packets containing not less than 97.02 g of diamorphine under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Who were the accused in [2023] SGHC 165?
The four accused were Hashim bin Ismail (Singaporean, born 1965), Jayacelan a/l Kerusnan (Malaysian, born 1982), Azuin bin Mohd Tap (Singaporean, born 1970), and Kumaran Kesawan (Malaysian, born 1967), alleged to have delivered the drugs in a relay from Malaysia.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 165)