JUDGMENT

Ian H.C. Chin J:

My attention was drawn to this matter by the Senior Federal Counsel by a letter dated 8 October 1993 and I was asked to exercise my power of revision. The history of this case is as follows. On 10 August 1992 the accused Haji Sudin Bin Sube was brought before the Sessions Court to answer a charge of voluntarily causing grevious hurt by a dangerous weapon under s. 326 of the Penal Code. Since there are lessons to be learnt from this case, I will set out the charge that was preferred against the accused, viz:

Bahawa kamu, pada 13 Julai 1992, lebih kurang jam 8.00 malam, di sebuah rumah tidak bernombor, di Kampung Muhibbah Raya, di dalam Daerah Tawau, di dalam Negeri Sabah, telah menyebabkan cedera parah kepada dua orang iaitu Sanita Binti Mangkana dan Hatibe Bin Mangkana dengan menggunakan sebilah parang panjang yang mungkin menyebabkan kematian, yang mana senjata tersebut digunakan untuk menetak dan memutuskan tangan dan jari mangsa, dengan itu kamu telah melakukan kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 326 Kanun Kesiksaan.

It should be obvious to those involved in the adminis- tration of justice that the accused had been charged in one charge with