PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim

[2026] SGHC 51 High Court (General Division) 6 March 2026 HC/CC 41/2025 89 min read
26 cases cited (24 SG, 2 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court High Court (General Division)
Decided
Judge Audrey Lim
Charges / claim Criminal Law
Counsel Anitha & Asoka LLC, Attorney-General's Chambers, Bonsai Law Corporation, Alexandria Shamini Joseph, Asoka s/o Markandu, Lee Shen Han, Sunil Nair

Source: [2026] SGHC 51, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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[2026] SGHC 51 explained

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim ([2026] SGHC 51) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 6 March 2026. It is categorised under Criminal Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, 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 [2026] SGHC 51 about?

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim ([2026] SGHC 51) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Offences — Sexual offences” and “Criminal Law — Offences — Criminal intimidation”, 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 51 consider?

The judgment refers to Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68), Evidence Act (Cap 97), and Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2026] SGHC 51 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2025] SGHC 2. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2026] SGHC 51?

Within this corpus, [2026] SGHC 51 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. 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.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (26)

SG (8)
[1997] SGHC 248 [2004] SGHC 16 [2011] SGCA 52 [2015] SGCA 33 [2018] SGHC 243 [2022] SGHC 262 [2023] SGHC 74 [2025] SGHC 2
SLR (16)
[1995] 2 SLR(R) 591 [2003] 4 SLR(R) 374 [2006] 4 SLR(R) 45 [2008] 1 SLR(R) 601 [2008] 4 SLR 1058 [2008] 4 SLR(R) 686 [2012] 3 SLR 34 [2016] 5 SLR 636 [2018] 3 SLR 1048 [2018] 4 SLR 1315 [2019] 1 SLR 440 [2019] 2 SLR 490 [2020] 1 SLR 486 [2020] 5 SLR 1130 [2024] 6 SLR 507 [2025] 3 SLR 578
UK (1)
[1981] QB 720
MY (1)
[1969] 2 MLJ 63

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