Mahkamah merujuk kepada kes yang juga telah dirujuk oleh Responden iaitu kes Long bin Samat [1974] 2 MLJ 152 yang menjelaskan secara mendalam berkenaan dengan kuasa Pendakwa Raya di bawah peruntukan di atas. Mahkamah Persekutuan telah memutuskan seperti yang berikut: - “On independence the Federal Constitution came into force, and clause (3) of its Article 145 (as amended) provides: – “The Attorney-General shall have power exercisable at his discretion, to institute, conduct or discontinue any proceedings for an offence, other than proceedings before a Muslim court, a native court or a court-martial.” In our view, this clause from the supreme law clearly gives the Attorney-General very wide discretion over the control and direction of all criminal prosecutions. Not only may he institute and conduct any proceedings for an offence, he may also discontinue criminal proceedings that he has instituted, and the courts cannot compel him to institute any criminal proceedings which he does not wish to institute or to go on with any criminal proceedings which he has decided to discontinue. (For the position in England, please see Viscount Dilhorne's speech at pages 32—3 in Smedleys Ltd v Breed [1974] 2 All ER 21). Still less then would the court have power to compel him to enhance a charge when he is content to go on with a charge of a less serious nature.”