Moses Susayan JC:

[1] The appellant, via the Notice of Appeal dated 15 February 2023, appeals to the High Court against the decision of the Teluk Intan Sessions Court. The Sessions Court had convicted and sentenced the appellant to three years' imprisonment, two strokes of the cane, and a fine of RM5,000.00 (or one year of imprisonment in default of payment) for each of the two charges under s 409 of the Penal Code . The imprisonment sentences for both charges were to run concurrently, starting from the date of judgment on February 14, 2023.

Background Facts

[2] The appellant faced two charges as follows:

a) "Bahawa kamu pada 16 July 2018, bertempat di RHB Bank Berhad, Bandar Baru di dalam Daerah Teluk Intan, di dalam Negeri Perak sebagai seorang Peguam bagi Tetuan Firdaus Rizal & Co dan dalam kapasiti tersebut telah diamanahkan dengan penguasaan ke atas harta tersebut, iaitu wang hasil penjualan rumah yang beralamat di No 186, Lorong 7, Taman Kaya, Taiping, Perak telah melakukan pecah amanah jenayah berkaitan harta tersebut berjumlah RM116,187.88. Dengan kamu telah melakukan kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 409 Kanun Keseksaan"

b) "Bahawa kamu pada 16 July 2018, bertemp