MUNAH BINTI ALI V PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (1958) 1 MLJ 159
MUNAH BINTI ALI V PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (1958) 1 MLJ 159
purpose of procuring a miscarriage but there was no evidence to show that either of the chemicals
was capable of operating as an abortifacient; and on appeal against conviction, the appellate Court
held that on the facts the appellant could not be convicted of an attempt to cause a miscarriage
because what he did was not an "act done towards the commission of the offence" of causing
miscarriage.
"Neither the liquid nor the powder being harmful, they could not have caused a miscarriage. The
In the present case, the circumstances are different. The evidence clearly showed that it was the
intention of the appellant to bring about a miscarriage and she could not have made the attempt
unless she believed the complainant to be pregnant. If the complainant was not pregnant, then the
failure of the attempt was due to a factor independent of the appellant herself. Her attempt was
prevented or frustrated by the non-existence of a circumstance which she believed to exist. As I see
it, she is in exactly the same position as the would-be pick-pocket who, believing that there is or may
be something capable of being stolen in the pocket which he decides to pick, attempts to steal it and
finds his attempt foiled by a circumstance independent of himself, namely, the non-existence of
anything capable of being stolen. The circumstances of the present case seem to me to be exactly
covered by the illustrations to section 511 of the Penal Code, even though these illustrations speak
of
attempts to commit a different type of offence. I would, therefore, answer the question referred to
us for determination by the learned appellate Judge in the negative and would affirm the conviction
Appeal dismissed.
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Isu-Isu Penting:
Keperluan untuk membuktikan bahawa seorang wanita hamil sebelum mahkamah boleh
meneruskan pendakwaan.
Perbezaan antara undang-undang di England dan undang-undang di India dalam kes ini.
Prinsip dan kesimpulan mahkamah berkenaan dengan kesalahan percubaan melakukan jenayah.
Tertuduh dituduh atas dua pertuduhan yang berbeza: pertama, atas tuduhan menyebabkan seorang
wanita hamil keguguran; kedua, atas tuduhan cubaan untuk menyebabkan seorang wanita
mengalami keguguran.
Pada akhir kes pendakwaan, mahkamah menukar tuduhan kepada cubaan untuk menyebabkan
keguguran, kerana tidak dibuktikan bahawa wanita tersebut hamil dan mengalami keguguran.
Tertuduh didapati bersalah oleh mahkamah sesi dan dijatuhi hukuman penjara tiga bulan.
Tertuduh merayu keputusan tersebut, dan hakim rayuan membenarkan rayuannya atas alasan
bahawa pendakwaan gagal membuktikan bahawa wanita tersebut hamil.
Hakim rayuan kemudian merujuk perkara undang-undang kepada Mahkamah atas soalan undang-
undang tertentu.
Nama-Nama Pihak yang Terlibat dan Kedudukan Mereka Dalam Kes Ini:
Hakim Presiden: Beliau adalah yang memutuskan pertukaran tuduhan dan meneruskan
pendakwaan.
Hakim Rayuan: Beliau membenarkan rayuan tertuduh atas alasan pendakwaan gagal membuktikan
kehamilan wanita tersebut.
Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan: Tidak dinyatakan namanya, tetapi beliau mengeluarkan keputusan yang
menyokong hukuman asal terhadap tertuduh.
Penyiasat dan Pendakwa: Tidak dinyatakan namanya dalam teks, tetapi mereka terlibat dalam
proses pendakwaan dan penyelesaian kes.