Criminal Law

65 cases · January 2025 to March 2026

Which law firms handle the most Criminal Law cases in Singapore?

Attorney-General's Chambers leads in Criminal Law with 62 cases between January 2025 to March 2026, followed by Eugene Thuraisingam LLP (8 cases) and Drew & Napier LLC (4 cases). 60 firms appeared in Criminal Law cases during this period.

Who are the leading Criminal Law lawyers in Singapore?

Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam is the most active Criminal Law lawyer in Singapore with 4 case appearances between January 2025 to March 2026, followed by Wong Woon Kwong (4) and Suang Wijaya (4).

Which judges handle the most Criminal Law cases in Singapore?

Sundaresh Menon has handled 12 Criminal Law cases between January 2025 to March 2026, the most of any Singapore judge. Vincent Hoong (12 cases) and See Kee Oon (8 cases) are also among the most active.

Case Volume by Year

52
25
13
26
2025–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Offences — Sexual assault involving penetration 1 case

Elements of crime — Mens rea — Knowledge 1 case

Statutory offences — Misuse of Drugs Act — Whether presumption of trafficking applied to attempts to possess drugs for trafficking 1 case

Offences — Property — Cheating 1 case

Offences — Property — Forgery for the purpose of cheating 1 case

Statutory offences — Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act 1 case

Offences — Property — Criminal trespass 1 case

Statutory offences — Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act 1962 1 case

Statutory offences — Work Injury Compensation Act 1 case

Statutory offences — Payment Services Act 2019 1 case

Statutory offences — Securities and Futures Act — Act likely to operate as a fraud 1 case

Key Statutes

Penal Code (Cap 224)
cited in 47 cases
cited in 44 cases
cited in 22 cases
cited in 10 cases
cited in 7 cases
cited in 5 cases
cited in 5 cases
cited in 4 cases
cited in 3 cases
cited in 3 cases
cited in 2 cases
cited in 2 cases
cited in 1 case

Court Distribution

Cases

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[2026] SGHC 59
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v JOHNSON TAN WEE KIAT (JOHNSON CHEN WEIJI)
18 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 58
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DCC
18 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 60
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Mookkapillai Pazhanivel
18 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGCA 10
TAN JINXIAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
10 March 2026
SGCA
[2026] SGHC 52
ABDULLAH BIN MOHAMMAD KUNHI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
9 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 51
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim
6 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 47
LIM OON KUIN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
4 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 45
GOH CHIN SOON v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 March 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 38
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Khalid Bin K K Mohamad
23 February 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 24
KHUA KIAN KEONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
29 January 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 13
LIU HUIJIAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
19 January 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 10
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DCC
15 January 2026
SGHC
[2026] SGHC 5
NG KUAN CHUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
7 January 2026
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 265
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Albao Shiela Marie Ibales
30 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 262
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ramalingam Selvasekaran
29 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 264
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v KOH LEE HWA
29 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 260
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Gao Xiong
23 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 249
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Lev Panfilov
8 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 242
PRITAM SINGH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
4 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGCA 55
Muhammed Izwan Bin Borhan v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 December 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 238
ISLAM MOHAMMAD KHABIRUL v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 231
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Fok Jin Jin Dhanabalan
24 November 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 225
CHANG JIUNN JYE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
12 November 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 219
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Fok Jin Jin Dhanabalan
6 November 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 216
SUN WEIYEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
31 October 2025
SGHC