AGC appeals High Court acquittal of teen in Bandar Utama schoolmate murder case

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) has filed an appeal against a High Court decision that acquitted and discharged a 15-year-old boy of murdering a schoolmate at a secondary school in Petaling Jaya last year.

In a statement today, the AGC confirmed that it filed a Notice of Appeal at the Court of Appeal on September 22, seeking to overturn the Shah Alam High Court’s September 14 ruling that freed the teenager of the murder charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

The statement did not specificy the case, but the material information indicates it is the matter being contested.

The High Court, presided over by Judge Adlin Abdul Majid, acquitted the boy at the close of the defence case after finding that he was of unsound mind at the time of the offence, an outcome the AGC is now contesting before the appellate court.