Criminal Procedure and Sentencing

69 cases · January 2025 to February 2026

Case Volume by Year

62
25
7
26
2025–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Sentencing — Appeals 12 Sentencing 9 Appeal 6 Stay of execution 5 Appeal — Adducing fresh evidence 5 Sentencing — Principles 4 Statements — Admissibility 3 Stay of execution — Application under s 60G of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 (2020 Rev Ed) for permission to make a post-appeal application in a capital case 2 Sentencing — Principles — Discretion to impose imprisonment in lieu of caning 2 Sentencing — Benchmark sentences 2 Sentencing — Persistent offenders 2 Statements — Voluntariness 2 Sentencing — Young offenders 2 Trials — Whether accused person received inadequate legal assistance from trial counsel 2 Bail — Bail pending appeal 1 Sentencing — Penalties 1 Sentencing — Rule against double counting 1 Sentencing — Sexual offences 1 Extradition — Bail 1 Sentencing — Principles — Section 408 Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) 1 + 29 more

Stay of execution — Application under s 60G of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 (2020 Rev Ed) for permission to make a post-appeal application in a capital case 2 cases

[2025] SGCA 54 SAMINATHAN A/L SELVARAJU v ATTORNEY-GENERAL
26 November 2025
[2025] SGCA 39 KISHOR KUMAR A/L RAGUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 July 2025

Sentencing — Rule against double counting 1 case

[2026] SGHC 5 NG KUAN CHUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
7 January 2026

Sentencing — Principles — Section 408 Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) 1 case

[2025] SGHC 222 KALAICHELVEN GENESAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
7 November 2025

Sentencing — Principles — Application of principle of parity 1 case

[2025] SGHC 200 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v NG WHYE QUAN
10 October 2025

Sentencing — Execution — Stay of execution 1 case

[2025] SGCA 47 Pannir Selvam a/l Pranthaman v Attorney-General
7 October 2025

Sentencing — Whether maximum sentence of life imprisonment justified — Whether worst type of cases of culpable homicide — Section 304(a) Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) 1 case

[2025] SGCA 45 DAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
19 September 2025

Sentencing — Whether maximum sentence of four years’ imprisonment justified — Whether worst type of cases of ill-treatment — Section 5 Children and Young Persons Act (Cap 38, 2001 Rev Ed) 1 case

[2025] SGCA 45 DAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
19 September 2025

Trials — Taking and recording of evidence in 1 case

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

Sentencing — Execution — Stay of execution — Applicant seeking stay of execution to obtain fresh evidence — Whether permission to make post-appeal application in capital case should be granted — Section 60G Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 (2020 Rev Ed) 1 case

[2025] SGCA 37 Chandroo Subramaniam v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
25 July 2025

Sentencing — Sentencing framework — Drink driving causing personal injury and/or property damage — Road Traffic Act — Sections 67(1) and 67(2)(a) 1 case

[2025] SGHC 135 JEREMIAH NG EN YOU (HUANG ENYOU) v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 July 2025

Sentencing — Sentencing Advisory Panel’s Guidelines on Reduction in Sentences for Guilty Pleas — Application to specific offences under Road Traffic Act 1 case

[2025] SGHC 135 JEREMIAH NG EN YOU (HUANG ENYOU) v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 July 2025

Key Statutes

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68)
cited in 49 cases
Penal Code (Cap 224)
cited in 43 cases
Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185)
cited in 18 cases
Evidence Act (Cap 97)
cited in 13 cases
Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)
cited in 12 cases
Applications in Capital Cases Act
cited in 9 cases
Criminal Justice Reform Act
cited in 5 cases
Road Traffic Act (Cap 276)
cited in 4 cases
Companies Act (Cap 50)
cited in 4 cases
Legal Profession Act (Cap 161)
cited in 4 cases
Securities and Futures Act (Cap 289)
cited in 3 cases
Children and Young Persons Act (Cap 38)
cited in 3 cases
Societies Act (Cap 311)
cited in 2 cases
Prisons Act
cited in 2 cases
Arms and Explosives Act (Cap 13)
cited in 2 cases

Court Distribution

SGHC 66 SGCA 27

Key People & Firms

Top Judges

Tay Yong Kwang 15 Sundaresh Menon 13 See Kee Oon 11 Vincent Hoong 11 Steven Chong 8

Top Firms

Attorney-General's Chambers 65 Eugene Thuraisingam LLP 6 Drew & Napier LLC 3 Fernandez LLC 3 Anitha & Asoka LLC 3

Top Lawyers

Rimplejit Kaur 4 Sruthi Boppana 4 Suang Wijaya 4 Natalie Chu 3 Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam 3

Cases

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[2025] SGHC 76
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ZHENG JIA
24 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 57
KOK CHIANG LOONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
21 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 71
JCU v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
21 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGCA 16
ROSHDI BIN ABDULLAH ALTWAY v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ROSHDI BIN ABDULLAH ALTWAY v ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
10 April 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 56
SEE KIAN KOK v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
1 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGCA 15
MUHAMMAD SALLEH BIN HAMID v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
28 March 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 55
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ong Eng Siew
28 March 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 48
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ng Soon Kiat
21 March 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 45
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v MUHAMMAD SUFIAN BIN HUSSAIN
18 March 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGCA 9
Masri Bin Hussain v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
7 March 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGCA 8
AZUIN BIN MOHD TAP v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
27 February 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGCA 7
PANNIR SELVAM PRANTHAMAN v ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
19 February 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGCA 6
HAMZAH BIN IBRAHIM v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 February 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 22
OH HIN KWAN GILBERT v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
10 February 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGCA 4
ISKANDAR BIN RAHMAT v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
4 February 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 15
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Muhammed Izwan Bin Borhan & Anor
23 January 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 8
GABRIEL SEE WEI YANG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
16 January 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 3
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Lee Heng Wong
9 January 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 2
TAN HUI MENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
8 January 2025
SGHC