PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ANNAMALAI KOKILA PARVATHI AND OTHER APPEALS

[2026] SGHC 121 High Court (General Division) 4 June 2026 • HC/MA 9162/2025/01|HC/MA 9163/2025/01|HC/MA 9164/2025/01 • 30 min read
11 cases cited

Outcome

Appeal allowed

I allowed the appeal and sentenced each of the Respondents to a fine of $3,000 (in default one week’s imprisonment).

Source: [2026] SGHC 121, High Court (General Division), decided 4 June 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

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Key facts

Court High Court (General Division)
Decided
Judge See Kee Oon
Charges / claim Criminal Law
Outcome Appeal allowed
Sentence / award $3,000
Counsel Attorney-General's Chambers, Phoenix Law Corporation, Derek Wong Kim Siong, Ernest Chua Kai Guan, Hay Hung Chun, Sunil Nair, Uthayasurian s/o Sidambaram

Source: [2026] SGHC 121, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Judges (1)

Counsel (7)

Parties (4)

Case Significance

In Public Prosecutor v Annamalai Kokila Parvathi and other appeals [2026] SGHC 121, decided 4 June 2026, See Kee Oon JAD allowed the Prosecution's appeal against a District Judge's acquittal of three respondents — Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, Siti Amirah Binte Mohamed Asrori, and Mossammad Sobikun Nahar — each charged under s 15(1) of the Public Order Act 2009 for organising a procession along a route to the rear gate of the Istana that they ought reasonably to have known was a prohibited area. Each respondent was sentenced to a fine of $3,000, in default one week's imprisonment. The case cites 11 other Singapore decisions and references the Criminal Procedure Code and the Public Order Act.

[2026] SGHC 121 explained

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ANNAMALAI KOKILA PARVATHI AND OTHER APPEALS ([2026] SGHC 121) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 4 June 2026. 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 [2026] SGHC 121 about?

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ANNAMALAI KOKILA PARVATHI AND OTHER APPEALS ([2026] SGHC 121) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Statutory offences — Public Order Act 2009”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2026] SGHC 121 consider?

The judgment refers to Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68), Public Order Act (Cap 257A), and Public Order Act. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What was the outcome of Public Prosecutor v Annamalai Kokila Parvathi and other appeals [2026] SGHC 121?

See Kee Oon JAD allowed the Prosecution's appeal against the acquittal of three respondents charged under the Public Order Act 2009 for an unauthorised procession near the Istana, sentencing each to a $3,000 fine, in default one week's imprisonment, in a decision dated 4 June 2026.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (11)

SG (5)
[2016] SGMC 24 [2022] SGMC 14 [2022] SGMC 2 [2024] SGMC 27 [2025] SGMC 76
SLR (6)
[1988] 1 SLR(R) 530 [1995] 1 SLR(R) 450 [1999] 2 SLR(R) 936 [2005] 2 SLR(R) 236 [2007] 1 SLR(R) 292 [2025] 3 SLR 578

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Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.

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Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGHC 121)