JUDGMENT

Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah JCA:

[1] The Appellant was charged in the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur with 12 charges under s 409 of the Penal Code. These charges were registered under Criminal Case No: WA-62r-49-10/2019. The details of the charges are:

(a) Ten (10) charges were preferred against the Appellant for offences under s 409 of the Penal Code on 19 October 2018; and

(b) Further, on 14 December 2018 and 20 February 2019, two (2) additional charges were preferred against the Appellant for the same offences, respectively.

[2] Subsequently, all of the above charges were transferred to the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and registered under Criminal Trial No: WA-45-7-02/2019 ("Criminal Trial"). The Criminal Trial was then fixed for trial in Mahkamah Tinggi Jenayah 1, Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur commencing 18 November 2019 until 22 November 2019, 2 December 2019 until 6 December 2019 and 9 December 2019 until 12 December 2019.

[3] On 24 September 2019, The Appellant filed an application to amalgamate the 12 charges under s 409 of the Penal Code into 3 charges ("The Application") pursuant to s 153(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code .

[4] On the 5 December 2019, the lear