Victims made declarations which implicated ice seller before their death.
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PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here upheld the conviction and death sentence of an ice seller for killing his wife and daughter, about 10 years ago, by splashing kerosene and setting them ablaze.
A five-member panel chaired by Federal Court judge Suriyadi Halim Omar also upheld the High Court decision to sentence P Balan Subramaniam to 12 years’ jail for attempted murder of another daughter.
Suriyadi, who presided on the panel with justices Ahmad Maarop, Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha, Mohamed Apandi Ali and Abu Samah Nordin, dismissed Balan’s final appeal on his conviction, death sentence and jail sentence.
Balan, 62, was found guilty and sentenced to death by the Ipoh High Court for the murder of his 48-year-old wife, R Angeladevi.
The High Court had originally acquitted and discharged Balan on the charge of killing his daughter, Anuradha, 20, a college student, and attempted murder of his then 23-year-old daughter Malini (now 34 years old), a hospital assistant, without his defence being called.
However, on appeal to the Court of Appeal by the prosecution, the matter was subsequently remitted back to the High Court for Balan to enter his defence on the two charges.
At the end of the defence case, Balan was found guilty and sentenced to death for killing Anuradha and he was also found guilty and given a 12-year jail sentence for the attempted murder on Malini.
He lost his appeal to set aside his conviction and sentences at the Court of Appeal.
Balan was accused of committing the offence at his house in Jalan Anggerik, Desa Changkat, Batu Gajah in the Kinta District of Perak between 10pm and 11pm on October 11, 2004.
According to the facts of the case, a quarrel broke out on the day of the incident which led to the arson. Angeladevi and Anuradha had made declarations implicating Balan before their death.
Balan was represented by lawyers K Kumaraendran and Dev Kumaraendran while deputy public prosecutor Hamdan Hamzah appeared for the prosecution.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here upheld the conviction and death sentence of an ice seller for killing his wife and daughter, about 10 years ago, by splashing kerosene and setting them ablaze.
A five-member panel chaired by Federal Court judge Suriyadi Halim Omar also upheld the High Court decision to sentence P Balan Subramaniam to 12 years’ jail for attempted murder of another daughter.
Suriyadi, who presided on the panel with justices Ahmad Maarop, Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha, Mohamed Apandi Ali and Abu Samah Nordin, dismissed Balan’s final appeal on his conviction, death sentence and jail sentence.
Balan, 62, was found guilty and sentenced to death by the Ipoh High Court for the murder of his 48-year-old wife, R Angeladevi.
The High Court had originally acquitted and discharged Balan on the charge of killing his daughter, Anuradha, 20, a college student, and attempted murder of his then 23-year-old daughter Malini (now 34 years old), a hospital assistant, without his defence being called.
However, on appeal to the Court of Appeal by the prosecution, the matter was subsequently remitted back to the High Court for Balan to enter his defence on the two charges.
At the end of the defence case, Balan was found guilty and sentenced to death for killing Anuradha and he was also found guilty and given a 12-year jail sentence for the attempted murder on Malini.
He lost his appeal to set aside his conviction and sentences at the Court of Appeal.
Balan was accused of committing the offence at his house in Jalan Anggerik, Desa Changkat, Batu Gajah in the Kinta District of Perak between 10pm and 11pm on October 11, 2004.
According to the facts of the case, a quarrel broke out on the day of the incident which led to the arson. Angeladevi and Anuradha had made declarations implicating Balan before their death.
Balan was represented by lawyers K Kumaraendran and Dev Kumaraendran while deputy public prosecutor Hamdan Hamzah appeared for the prosecution.
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