Criminal Law

57 cases · January 2025 to February 2026

Case Volume by Year

52

25

5

26

2025–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Appeal 10 Offences — Rape 10 Offences — Sexual offences 6 Statutory offences — Misuse of Drugs Act 5 Offences — Outrage of modesty 5 Statutory offences — Penal Code 3 Statutory offences — Companies Act 2 Statutory offences — Securities and Futures Act 2 Offences — Murder 2 Statutory offences — Prevention of Corruption Act 2 Statutory Offences — Penal Code 2 Offences — Grievous hurt 1 Statutory offences — Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act 1 Offences — Attempted rape 1 Offences — Property — Criminal trespass 1 Statutory offences — Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act 1962 1 Statutory offences — Work Injury Compensation Act 1 Statutory offences — Payment Services Act 2019 1 Statutory offences — Securities and Futures Act — Act likely to operate as a fraud 1 General exceptions — Intoxication 1 + 30 more

Appeal 10 cases

[2026] SGHC 13 LIU HUIJIAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

19 January 2026

[2025] SGCA 49 Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

10 October 2025

[2025] SGHC 167 PRAKASH S/O MATHIVANAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 102 HAJI MUHAMMAD FAISAL BIN JOHAR v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 76 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ZHENG JIA

+ 5 more cases

Offences — Rape 10 cases

[2026] SGHC 10 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DCC

15 January 2026

[2025] SGHC 265 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Albao Shiela Marie Ibales

30 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 262 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ramalingam Selvasekaran

29 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 264 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v KOH LEE HWA

29 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 231 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Fok Jin Jin Dhanabalan

24 November 2025

+ 5 more cases

Offences — Sexual offences 6 cases

[2026] SGHC 10 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DCC

15 January 2026

[2025] SGHC 249 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Lev Panfilov

8 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 140 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DGH & Anor

[2025] SGHC 117 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CQW

[2025] SGHC 106 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CFE

+ 1 more cases

Statutory offences — Misuse of Drugs Act 5 cases

[2026] SGHC 38 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Khalid Bin K K Mohamad

23 February 2026

[2025] SGCA 55 Muhammed Izwan Bin Borhan v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

3 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 60 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Foo Li Ping

[2025] SGHC 48 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ng Soon Kiat

[2025] SGHC 37 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Tan Jinxian

Offences — Outrage of modesty 5 cases

[2025] SGHC 262 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ramalingam Selvasekaran

29 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 157 JDA v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 140 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DGH & Anor

[2025] SGHC 116 TOH LAM SENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 102 HAJI MUHAMMAD FAISAL BIN JOHAR v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Statutory offences — Penal Code 3 cases

[2025] SGCA 49 Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

10 October 2025

[2025] SGHC 33 JASONS LIM HUA TONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

26 February 2025

[2025] SGHC 24 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v JASON SIM CHON ANG

19 February 2025

Statutory offences — Companies Act 2 cases

[2026] SGHC 5 NG KUAN CHUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 24 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v JASON SIM CHON ANG

19 February 2025

Statutory offences — Securities and Futures Act 2 cases

[2026] SGHC 5 NG KUAN CHUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGCA 49 Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

10 October 2025

Offences — Murder 2 cases

[2025] SGHC 197 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Nguyen Ngoc Giau

[2025] SGCA 44 Zin Mar Nwe v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

18 September 2025

Statutory offences — Prevention of Corruption Act 2 cases

[2025] SGHC 90 RAJAVIKRAMAN S/O JAYAPANDIAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 69 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TEO HWEE PENG

Statutory Offences — Penal Code 2 cases

[2025] SGHC 81 SUGUMARAN S/O KANNAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 56 SEE KIAN KOK v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Offences — Grievous hurt 1 case

[2026] SGHC 24 KHUA KIAN KEONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

29 January 2026

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

[2026] SGHC 5 NG KUAN CHUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Offences — Attempted rape 1 case

[2025] SGHC 260 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Gao Xiong

23 December 2025

Offences — Property — Criminal trespass 1 case

[2025] SGHC 260 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Gao Xiong

23 December 2025

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

[2025] SGHC 242 PRITAM SINGH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

4 December 2025

Statutory offences — Work Injury Compensation Act 1 case

[2025] SGHC 238 ISLAM MOHAMMAD KHABIRUL v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

3 December 2025

Statutory offences — Payment Services Act 2019 1 case

[2025] SGHC 225 CHANG JIUNN JYE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

12 November 2025

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

[2025] SGHC 216 SUN WEIYEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

31 October 2025

General exceptions — Intoxication 1 case

[2025] SGHC 197 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Nguyen Ngoc Giau

Special exceptions — Sudden fight 1 case

[2025] SGHC 197 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Nguyen Ngoc Giau

Defences — Diminished responsibility 1 case

[2025] SGCA 44 Zin Mar Nwe v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

18 September 2025

Defences — Grave and sudden provocation 1 case

[2025] SGCA 44 Zin Mar Nwe v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

18 September 2025

Offences — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder 1 case

[2025] SGCA 44 Zin Mar Nwe v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

18 September 2025

Statutory Offences — Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 1 case

[2025] SGHC 179 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v YEO TECK SOON

10 September 2025

Statutory Offences — Misuse of Drugs Act — Presumptions — Sections 17 and 18 1 case

[2025] SGCA 40 JUMAAT BIN MOHAMED SAYED & 3 Ors v ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Offences — Obstructing the course of justice under s 204A(b) of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) 1 case

[2025] SGCA 38 CHJ v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Offences — Sexual offences — Sexual assault involving penetration under s 376(2)(a) of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) 1 case

[2025] SGCA 38 CHJ v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Statutory offences — Protection from Harassment Act 1 case

[2025] SGHC 158 SENG YONG YI, LUCAS v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Offences — Sexual assault by penetration 1 case

[2025] SGHC 140 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DGH & Anor

Key Statutes

Penal Code (Cap 224)

cited in 42 cases

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68)

cited in 38 cases

Evidence Act (Cap 97)

cited in 19 cases

Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185)

cited in 8 cases

Companies Act (Cap 50)

cited in 7 cases

Securities and Futures Act (Cap 289)

cited in 5 cases

Interpretation Act (Cap 1)

cited in 5 cases

Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap 241)

cited in 4 cases

Protection from Harassment Act (Cap 256A)

cited in 2 cases

Road Traffic Act (Cap 276)

cited in 2 cases

Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap 65A)

cited in 2 cases

Children and Young Persons Act (Cap 38)

cited in 2 cases

Class A controlled drug listed in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185)

cited in 2 cases

Arms and Explosives Act (Cap 13)

cited in 1 case

Court of Appeal noted that whilst a general principle that the court had the discretion to exclude evidence only on the ground that it was obtained in ways unfair to an accused (such as where the evidence was procured improperly or illegally) was incompatible with the Evidence Act (Cap 97)

cited in 1 case

Court Distribution

SGHC 76 SGCA 12

Key People & Firms

Top Judges

Vincent Hoong 12 Sundaresh Menon 10 See Kee Oon 8 Tay Yong Kwang 8 Mavis Chionh Sze Chyi 5

Top Firms

Attorney-General's Chambers 54 Eugene Thuraisingam LLP 8 Chooi Jing Yen LLC 4 Drew & Napier LLC 3 Withers KhattarWong LLP 3

Top Lawyers

Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam 4 Wong Woon Kwong 4 Suang Wijaya 4 Sruthi Boppana 3 Ng Yuan Siang 3

Cases

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[2025] SGHC 158

SENG YONG YI, LUCAS v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 140

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DGH & Anor

[2025] SGHC 134

POO TZE CHIANG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 133

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v LIN PENGLI, BARRIE

[2025] SGHC 121

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v GUMEDE STHEMBISO JOEL

[2025] SGHC 116

TOH LAM SENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2025] SGHC 117

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CQW

[2025] SGHC 106

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CFE

[2025] SGHC 101

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CHINA RAILWAY TUNNEL GROUP CO., LTD.

[2025] SGHC 100

Public Prosecutor v Muhammad Isnalli David

[2025] SGHC 102

HAJI MUHAMMAD FAISAL BIN JOHAR v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

RAJAVIKRAMAN S/O JAYAPANDIAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

SUGUMARAN S/O KANNAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Chong Shiong Hui

CEO v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ZHENG JIA

KOK CHIANG LOONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

JCU v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TEO HWEE PENG

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Foo Li Ping

SEE KIAN KOK v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ong Eng Siew

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ng Soon Kiat

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v MUHAMMAD SUFIAN BIN HUSSAIN

GII v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR