Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and Another

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date24 January 2005
Date24 January 2005
Docket NumberCriminal Case No 35 of 2004
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
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7 cases
  • Daniel Vijay s/o Katherasan v PP
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • September 3, 2010
    ...bin Masod and another v Public Prosecutor [1993] 3 SLR(R) 438 (“Ibrahim (CA)”); and Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and another [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130 (“Lim Poh Lye (HC)”), which was reversed in Lim Poh Lye (CA). In Ibrahim (HC), the two accused (“Ibrahim” and “Liow”) kidnapped the deceased an......
  • Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and Another
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • July 15, 2005
    ...cause so long as the physical injury caused was intended. Tan Chee Hwee v PP 26 At the outset, the trial judge stated (PP v Lim Poh Lye [2005] 2 SLR 130 at From Dr Tan we know that the injury known as “Stab Wound No 2” was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death. The pers......
  • PP v Hirris anak Martin
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • March 3, 2010
    ...robbery, the accomplice struck the victim’s head with a long pole which led to his death. Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and another [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130 20 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane (for first accused) 15 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane (for second accus......
  • Daniel Vijay s/o Katherasan and others v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Three Judges (Singapore)
    • September 3, 2010
    ...bin Masod and another v Public Prosecutor [1993] 3 SLR(R) 438 (“Ibrahim (CA)”); and Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and another [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130 (“Lim Poh Lye (HC)”), which was reversed in Lim Poh Lye (CA). In Ibrahim (HC), the two accused (“Ibrahim” and “Liow”) kidnapped the deceased an......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Criminal Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2010, December 2010
    • December 1, 2010
    ...the same fate as other efforts to limit the scope of s 300(c) (see, eg, the High Court decision of Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130). Making a false claim before a court of justice 12.83 In Bachoo Mohan Singh (above, para 12.44), the Court of Appeal heard a criminal refer......
  • Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2006, December 2006
    • December 1, 2006
    ...At the close of the trial, the High Court convicted them under the lesser charge of robbery with hurt (s 394 of the Penal Code) (see [2005] 2 SLR 130). On appeal by the Prosecution (Criminal Appeal No 2 of 2005), they were convicted by the Court of Appeal of the original murder charges and ......
  • MANAGING MENS REA IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2006, December 2006
    • December 1, 2006
    ...n 7 (“Ow Ah Cheng”). 20 Id, at 804—805, [36]. 21 [1991] SLR 293 at 301—302, [32]—[33] (“Tan Cheow Bock”). 22 Supra n 12, at 37, [10]. 23 [2005] 2 SLR 130 (“Lim Poh Lye”). 24 [1993] 2 SLR 657 (“Tan Chee Hwee”). 25 Supra n 23, at [15]. 26 To be fair, the earlier decision of the High Court in ......
  • Criminal Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2005, December 2005
    • December 1, 2005
    ...intention 10.1 In the case of PP v Lim Poh Lye[2005] 2 SLR 130 (HC), [2005] 4 SLR 582 (CA), two respondents (Lim and Koh), together with a third man who is still at large, planned to abduct a second-hand car dealer and force him to sign cheques in their favour. The victim later died from va......
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