Nhaveen murder trial adjourned to tomorrow after defence seeks time over witness statements

The High Court adjourned the defence proceedings for the murder of T. Nhaveen to allow time for delivering and reviewing four witness statements.

Counsel Maanveer Singh Dhillon explained the defence had limited access to the accused in prison and had just finalised the necessary witness statement.

The accused face charges under Sections 302 and 326 of the Penal Code for murder and causing grievous hurt, with proceedings to resume tomorrow.

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 7 — The High Court here today adjourned the defence proceedings of four men charged with the murder of teenager T. Nhaveen to tomorrow.

The defence sought an adjournment on the ground that it required time to follow up on the delivery of four witness statements to the prosecution today.

Judge Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid allowed the application and fixed the proceedings to resume at 9.30am tomorrow.

Counsel Maanveer Singh Dhillon, appearing for the four accused, informed the court that the defence had limited time to meet them in prison to prepare the said witness statements.

“We have just finalised the (written) witness statement. It is ready. We will deliver it to the prosecution today,” he said.

In addition, he submitted that the prosecution likewise required time to scrutinise the statements delivered today before the defence proceedings could continue.

Deputy public prosecutors Mohd Amri Johari and Yazid Mustaqim Roslan appeared for the prosecution, while the four accused were represented by counsel Maanveer Singh, R. Thevan and Lim Sheng Zhe.

On July 3, the High Court fixed October 7 to 9 and 12 to 16 for the defence trial of the four men charged with the murder of Nhaveen, nine years ago.

Previously, the Court of Appeal ordered J. Ragesuthan, 27, S. Gokulan, 27, and two other individuals who were juveniles at the time of the incident to enter their defence on the charge of murdering Nhaveen.

That decision was made after the court allowed the prosecution’s appeal against the High Court’s decision acquitting and discharging them on October 3, 2023.

They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code with murder, and under Section 326 of the same law with voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons, in respect of Nhaveen, 18, at the same place, date and time.

The panel of judges also directed that the case be remitted to the Penang High Court for the defence stage.

The four accused were likewise ordered to enter their defence on the charge of causing injury to Nhaveen’s friend, T. Previin, near the Karpal Singh Learning Centre on Jalan Kaki Bukit, Gelugor, between 11pm and midnight on June 9, 2017.

Nhaveen died on June 15, 2017, from severe injuries sustained in the incident, after six days of treatment at Penang Hospital. — Bernama

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高等法院将 T. Nhaveen 谋杀案的辩护程序延期，以便有时间提交和审查四份证人证词。

辩护律师曼维尔·辛格·迪隆解释说，辩方在监狱中接触被告的机会有限，并且刚刚完成了必要的证人陈述。

被告面临《刑法》第 302 条和第 326 条规定的谋杀和造成严重伤害的指控，庭审将于明天继续进行。

乔治市，10月7日讯——今天，乔治市高等法院将四名被控谋杀青少年T. Nhaveen的男子的辩护程序延期至明天。

辩方请求延期审理，理由是需要时间跟进今天向控方提交的四份证人证词。

法官拿督莫哈末·拉兹·阿卜杜勒·哈米德批准了该申请，并定于明天上午9点30分继续进行庭审。

代表四名被告的律师曼维尔·辛格·迪隆向法庭表示，辩方只有有限的时间在监狱里与他们会面，准备上述证人陈述。

他说：“我们刚刚完成了（书面）证人陈述，已经准备就绪，今天就会提交给检方。”

此外，他还提出，控方也需要时间仔细审查今天提交的陈述，辩方才能继续进行辩护程序。

副检察官 Mohd Amri Johari 和 Yazid Mustaqim Roslan 代表控方出庭，而四名被告的辩护律师分别是 Maanveer Singh、R. Thevan 和 Lim Sheng Zhe。

7 月 3 日，高等法院将 10 月 7 日至 9 日和 12 日至 16 日定为对 9 年前被控谋杀 Nhaveen 的四名男子进行辩护审判的日期。

此前，上诉法院命令 27 岁的 J. Ragesuthan、27 岁的 S. Gokulan 以及事发时还是未成年人的另外两名人士就谋杀 Nhaveen 的指控进行辩护。

2023 年 10 月 3 日，高等法院判决检方无罪释放，法院随后允许检方上诉，并作出上述决定。

他们被控违反《刑法》第 302 条谋杀罪，并被控违反该法第 326 条使用危险武器故意造成严重伤害罪，受害者是 18 岁的 Nhaveen，案发地点、日期和时间相同。

法官小组还指示将此案发回槟城高等法院进行辩护阶段审理。

被告四人还被勒令就其于 2017 年 6 月 9 日晚上 11 点至午夜期间在格鲁格尔卡基武吉路卡巴星学习中心附近致使纳文的朋友 T. 普雷文受伤的指控进行辩护。

纳文于2017年6月15日因伤势过重去世，此前他在槟城医院接受了六天的治疗。——马新社

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