PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 — The Court of Appeal today overturned a High Court decision that had released a wheelchair-bound man on bail pending the disposal of his drug trafficking trial.
A three-man bench led by Justice Datuk Choo Kah Sing, alongside K. Muniandy and Datuk Seri Latifah Mohd Tahar, allowed the prosecution’s appeal to set aside the High Court’s ruling and ordered M. Alagesan to be remanded in custody.
Justice Choo, who delivered the unanimous decision, however, granted the defence’s application for Alagesan to be placed at the Sungai Buloh Hospital until the conclusion of his trial.
He held that the High Court judge erred in applying Section 388 of the Criminal Procedure Code to allow bail when there is an express law dealing with bail for drug trafficking offences.
