JUDGMENT

GROUNDS OF DECISION

In the Sessions Court, Kuala Lumpur the appellant (the accused) was charged under s409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust by a public servant thus -

Bahawa kamu pada 6.7.1994 jam Iebih kurang 11.00 pagi di pejabat Pendaftaran Mahkamah Tinggi Jenayah, Jalan Duta di dalam Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur sebagai seorang penjawat Awam iaitu seorang kerani di pejabat tersebut telah diamanahkan dengan suatu harta iaitu Wang tunai berjumlah RM 65,000/-dan kamu telah melakukan Pecah [2] Amanah Jenayah terhadap harta tersebut dan dengan demikian kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah Seskeyn 409 Kanun Keseksaan."

He was convicted on the charge and sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment from 6.11.1995.

He appealed to the High Court against conviction and sentence and I dismissed his appeal.

The provision under which the accused was charged, 5 409, as is relevant to the charge, reads as follows -

"409. Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property ... in his capacity of a public servant... commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two