The Shah Alam High Court today dismissed an appeal by a former travel agency manager to have his seven-year jail sentence for shooting his wife and injuring her bodyguard backdated to the date of his arrest in 2024.

Judge Shamsulbahri Ibrahim ruled that the Sepang Sessions Court’s order for 39-year-old Hafizul Hawari’s prison sentence to commence after he had served his sentence for separate offences in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, was lawful and fair.

In his grounds of judgment dated Oct 19, he also stressed that the decision was in accordance with Section 292 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

“Having carefully examined the Appeal Record, the grounds of appeal, the notes of proceedings, and the written submissions of both parties, I find that the order passed by the learned judge is lawful and fair.