Ahmad Maarop J:

[1]The appellant was charged with the following three counts of incest — offences punishable under s 376B of the Penal Code :

Pertuduhan 1

Bahawa kamu di antara 16 Oktober 2003 hingga 30 Oktober 2003 waktu malam di rumah No 4 Pelandan Tersat, di dalam Daerah Hulu Terengganu, di dalam Negeri Terengganu telah melakukan sumbang mahram iaitu bersetubuh dengan Siti Nursapura bte Mohd Zandere KPT: 911128–11–5550, seorang perempuan yang tidak boleh dikahwini. Oleh itu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 376B Kanun Keseksaan.

Pertuduhan 2

Bahawa kamu pada bulan April 2004, waktu malam, di rumah No 4 Pelandan Tersat, didalam Daerah Hulu Terengganu, di dalam Negeri Terengganu telah melakukan sumbang mahram iaitu bersetubuh dengan Siti Nursapura bte Mohd Zandere KPT: 911128–11–5550, seorang perempuan yang tidak boleh dikahwini. Olehitu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 376B Kanun Keseksaan.

Pertuduhan 3

Bahawa kamu pada bulan Mei 2004, waktu malam, di rumah No 4 Pelandan Tersat, didalam Daerah Hulu Terengganu, di dalam Negeri Terengganu telah melakukan sumbang mahram iaitu bersetubuh dengan Siti Nursapura bte Mohd Zandere KPT: 911128–11–5550, seorang perempuan yang tidak boleh dikahwini. Olehitu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 376B Kanun Keseksaan.

[2]On 29 September 2004, the three charges were read to the appellant. Heunderstood the charges. He pleaded guilty to all the charges and he understood the nature and consequences of his plea. Brief facts of the case (exh P1) were presented by the prosecution.

[3]The following exhibits were also tendered in evidence by the prosecution:

(a)Kuala Berang Report No 854/2004 (exhs P2),

(b)Birth certificate of the victim in this case (exh P3),

(c)The Nikah Certificate No 12698 issued under s 24 of the Terengganu Administration of Family Law Enactment 1985, certifying the marriage between the appellant and one Ramlah bte Taib (the victim's mother) on 20August 1991 (exh P4),

(d)Medical report of the victim dated 23 September 2004 issued by Dr Mahani bte Nordin, Medical Officer, Hulu Terengganu Hospital,

(e)Chemist report dated 22 July 2004 relating to DNA analysis of the blood specimens of the appellant, the victim and the baby boy delivered by the victim on 11 July 2004.

[4]All these exhibits were admitted by the appellant.

[5]The facts of the case from exh P1 are as follows:

[6]On 11 July 2004, at about 10.45am while on duty at her office, Puan Rodziah bte Abdol Razak, the Welfare Officer Hulu Terengganu (the complainant) received a telephone call from a sister at the Maternity Ward, Hulu Terengganu Hospital informing her that the victim, Siti Nursapura bte Mohd Zandere (aged 13 years and 6 months on the date of the offence in the third charge), was admitted into the ward on the same date at about 5.35am, after having given birth to a baby boy on the same date. Apparently, the baby boy was born at about 4am on the same date at the victim's house. The victim was then admitted to the hospital together with her baby boy whose umbilical cord was still intact. The photographs of this baby boy appear at p33 of the appeal record. The complainant proceeded to the said ward and interviewed the victim. The victim told the complainant that the baby boy was born as a result of sexual intercourse between her and her father (the appellant). Onthe same date (11 July 2004), the complainant lodged a police report at about 3.30pm, vide Kuala Berang Report 854/2004.

[7]Police investigation in this case revealed the following:

(a)On one particular night between 16 October 2003 and 30 October 2003, while the victim was sleeping alone in a room at house No 4, Kampung Pelandan Tersat, Hulu Terengganu, the appellant came to the room and had sexual intercourse with the victim,

(b)On one particular night in the month of April 2004, while the victim was sleeping alone in a room in house No 4, Kampung Pelandan Tersat, Hulu Teren