PUBALAN PEREMAL v. PP
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
ROHANA YUSUF PCA
AZAHAR MOHAMED CJ (MALAYA)
ABANG ISKANDAR CJ (SABAH & SARAWAK)
NALLINI PATHMANATHAN FCJ
VERNON ONG LAM KIAT FCJ
ABDUL RAHMAN SEBLI FCJ
ZALEHA YUSOF FCJ
ZABARIAH MOHD YUSOF FCJ
HASNAH MOHAMMED HASHIM FCJ
[CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 05(M)-118-05-2018(B)]
13 AUGUST 2020
[2020] CLJ JT (11)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Accused convicted for murder under s. 302 of Penal Code and sentenced to death - Allegation that pathologist's evidence contained infirmities, was lacking and failed to support conviction - Distinction between definitions of culpable homicide and murder - Whether conviction and sentence safe - Whether accused ought to be convicted for culpable homicide for causing such bodily injury as was likely to cause death