Kota Kinabalu: A 25-year-old, charged with two counts of having drugs, was freed from the charges after full trial.
Sessions Court Judge Dayang Ellyn Narisa Abang Ahmad discharged and acquitted Mohd Jamri Basir, after ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt against Jamri.
The court made the decision at the end of the defence stage.
On the first count, Mohd Jamri was accused of having 158.6gm of cannabis at 10.30pm on May 15, 2020 at Angkasa Apartment in Jalan Tuaran Bypass, here.
The offence, under 39A(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) and read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, is punishable under Section 6 of DDA, which carries a jail term of between five years and life imprisonment, and whipping at least 10 strokes of the cane, on conviction.
On the second count, he allegedly had in possession 6.64gm of syabu at the same place and time.
Mohd Jamri was charged together with another accused Syafika Abdul Suaib who was discharged and acquitted from the charges without her defence being called but Mohd Jamri was told to enter his defence.
The trial had commenced on Dec 7, 2022 and about 10 witnesses were called to testify during the prosecution’s stage.
During the defence’s stage, the defence had called three witnesses to testify in the hearing.
Mohd Jamri was represented by counsel Dominic Chew.
