Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid JC:

Matter Before This Court

[1] This is an application for a revision of the decision of the Sessions Court made on 18 October 2018 ("application"). This application is supported by the affidavit of Dato' Baldev Singh Bhar, learned counsel for the applicant.

Background

[2] The applicant was charged for an offence under s 326 of the Penal Code (" PC ") read together with s 326A of the same Act for causing grievous hurt by a dangerous weapon to Ooi Hun Khoon ("victim").

[3] Sections 326 and 326A of the PC read as follows:

326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means

Whoever, except in the case provided by s 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death or any scheduled weapon as specified under the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance, or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to rec