PR lwn. Marzuki Kahar [2014] 1 LNS 1781. Rayuan Jenayah No: B-05(H)-277-05/2018 9 [11] Dalam kes Mohd Faiz Salleh (supra) melibatkan dadah berbahaya jenis Cannabis seberat 299.45 gram dan tertuduh telah mengaku salah, hukuman 8 tahun penjara telah diubah oleh Mahkamah ini kepada 11 tahun penjara dan 10 sebatan rotan. [12] Manakala dalam kes Marzuki Kahar (supra), melibatkan dadah Cannabis seberat 232.05 gram dan tertuduh telah mengaku salah, hukuman 7 tahun penjara telah ditingkatkan ke-11 tahun penjara dan 10 sebatan rotan dikekalkan. [13] Puan TPR memohon hukuman terhadap responden dinaikkan kepada 11 tahun penjara dan 10 sebatan rotan. Peguam bela terpelajar sebaliknya menghujahkan agar hukuman hakim bicara 7 tahun dan 10 sebatan dikekalkan. [14] Dalam kes Mohamed Abdullah Ang Swee Kang v. Public Prosecutor [1988] 1 MLJ 167, Mahkamah Agong menyatakan berikut mengenai prinsip penghukuman: “In assessing the length of custodial sentence, the court must look at the overall picture in perspective by considering, first, the gravity of the type of offence committed, secondly, the facts in the commission of the offence, thirdly, the presence or absence of mitigating factors, and further the sentences that have been imposed in the past for similar offences to determine the trend of sentencing policy, if any. The fact that a sentence of imprisonment is imposed as a deterrent does not justify the sentencer in passing a sentence of greater length than the facts of the case warrant. The gravity of the type of offence involved must be considered in the light of the particular facts of the offence.” Rayuan Jenayah No: B-05(H)-277-05/2018 10 [15] Abang Iskandar, HMR dalam kes Mohd Faiz Salleh (supra) dalam menekankan kepada pentingnya faktor kepentingan awam diutamakan apabila melibatkan kesalahan serius, menyatakan: “[21] In criminal cases, public interest is paramount. Although the sentencing court may legitimately consider factors favouring the convict in passing sentence, in the final analysis, the court is always faced with the question as to how the public interest can be best served in dealing with the convicted person. In a case such as the one immediately before us, clearly public interest will be best served by imposing a longish sentence of imprisonment on the respondent. In a case of this nature and given the circumstances of its commission, a deterrent sentence was very much in order. The public at large needed to be protected against offenders such as the respondent by putting him away in jail for a substantially longer period of time. We were mindful that the maximum imprisonment term for this offence as provided by the law is life imprisonment, which translates to 30 years imprisonment. As such, we had substituted the imprisonment sentenced imposed by the learned High Court Judge from 8 to 11 years for the first charge. However we maintained the order of ten strokes of rotan as well as the imprisonment sentence of the other two charges. We also maintained the order of the High Court Judge that the imprisonment sentence to run concurrently from the date of his arrest.” [16] Berbalik kepada kes rayuan di hadapan kami, kami bersetuju dengan penghujahan Puan TPR bahawa hukuman yang dijatuhkan oleh hakim bicara 7 tahun penjara dan 10 sebatan adalah ‘manifestly inadequate’. Selain itu, kami juga bersetuju bahawa hakim bicara telah terkhilaf apabila gagal untuk mengutamakan kepentingan awam sebaliknya telah lebih mengutamakan kepentingan peribadi responden seperti jelas dari penghakiman yang ditulis oleh hakim bicara yang kami petik di perenggan [9] penghakiman ini. Rayuan Jenayah No: B-05(H)-277-05/2018 11 [17] Kami juga mendapati hakim bicara terkhilaf apabila telah gagal mengikuti trend hukuman semasa. Hakim bicara juga tidak ada di mana-mana dalam penghakimannya mengingatkan dirinya bahawa hukuman maksima bagi kesalahan di bawah seksyen 39A(2) Akta telah dinaikkan dari 20 tahun penjara kepada 30 tahun penjara. [18] Berdasarkan kepada alasan-alasan yang kami sebutkan di atas, kami dengan sebulat suara membenarkan rayuan Pendakwa Raya. Hukuman oleh Mahkamah Tinggi diketepikan dan digantikan dengan hukuman 10 tahun penjara berkuat kuasa sejak responden ditangkap dan 10 sebatan rotan. Bertarikh: 1 Julai 2019 t.t. (KAMARDIN BIN HASHIM) Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia Bagi Pihak Perayu: Dhiya Syazwani Izyan Mohd Akhir Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Bahagian Rayuan dan Perbicaraan Jabatan Peguam Negara Putrajaya Bagi Pihak Responden: Mohamed Naim Kamaludin Tetuan Ranjit Singh Sandhu & Co No: 87, Jalan Istana, Taman Istana 30000 Ipoh