{"id":1277,"date":"2019-06-26T05:55:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T05:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/malaysia\/2019\/06\/26\/penang-trader-acquitted-of-drug-trafficking-charge-escapes-gallows\/1765707"},"modified":"2019-06-26T05:55:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T05:55:05","slug":"penang-trader-acquitted-of-drug-trafficking-charge-escapes-gallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merdeka.org\/v2\/penang-trader-acquitted-of-drug-trafficking-charge-escapes-gallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Penang trader acquitted of drug trafficking charge, escapes gallows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nolwrap\"><br \/>\n<figure class=\"figure float-left\" style=\"width:800px\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.malaymail.com\/uploads\/articles\/2018\/2018-08\/0708_gavel_reuters.jpg\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid rounded\" alt=\"In his judgement, Akhtar said although the house keys were found in the accused\u2019s sling bag, he was not the tenant of the house where the drugs were found. \u2014 Reuters pic\" title=\"In his judgement, Akhtar said although the house keys were found in the accused\u2019s sling bag, he was not the tenant of the house where the drugs were found. \u2014 Reuters pic\" width='800' height='600'><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">In his judgement, Akhtar said although the house keys were found in the accused\u2019s sling bag, he was not the tenant of the house where the drugs were found. \u2014 Reuters pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GEORGE TOWN, June 26 \u2014 A trader here heaved a sigh of relief when the High Court here acquitted and discharged him on a drug trafficking charge.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir ordered the release of Ranjeev Singh Shayni, 35, after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against him.<\/p>\n<p>In his judgement, Akhtar said although the house keys were found in the accused\u2019s sling bag, he was not the tenant of the house where the drugs were found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to landlord, the accused was not his tenant, and the one renting the house was a Chinese man, who failed to appear as a witness, and this created a hole in the prosecution\u2019s case,\u201d Akhtar said.<\/p>\n<p>Ranjeev was accused of distributing 941.2g of heroin and monoacetylmorphine at Fiera Vista @ One Residence, Medan Rajawali in Bayan Lepas here at 12.20pm on July 21, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same law, which provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. \u2014 Bernama<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEORGE TOWN, June 26 \u2014 A trader here heaved a sigh of relief when the High&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - 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