Police escorting M. Santhea,18, out from the George Town High Court in Penang. (Dec 30, 2020 ) LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: The High Court has denied bail for an 18-year-old college student who allegedly tossed her baby out of a 13th-floor apartment unit in July.
M. Santhea, who was charged with the offence, pleaded not guilty to killing her newborn daughter at 8.25am on July 10 at the Sri Ivory Apartment in Bandar Baru, Ayer Itam.
The offence under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder carries the death penalty upon conviction.
Her lawyer RSN Rayer requested bail for Santhea until the case is completed but was declined by Judge Amirudin Abd Rahman.
. ZAINUDIN AHAD/The Star / 27 Jan 2021
GEORGE TOWN: The 19-year-old college student who allegedly tossed her baby out of a 13th floor apartment unit in July has been released on bail.
M. Santhea, who was released on an RM90,000 bail with two surety, will report to Air Itam police station every Saturday and will not leave Penang.
She arrived at the courthouse here to be released at about 1.50pm and left in a car driven by a family member at about 2.07pm on Wednesday (Jan 27).
Santhea pleaded not guilty to killing her newborn daughter at the Sri Ivory Apartment in Bandar Baru, Ayer Itam at 8.25am on July 10 last year.
Day in court: Police officers escorting Santhiea to the George Town High Court in Penang. LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: A teenager, who is facing a charge of murdering her newborn girl, will continue spending the next few days in jail pending a High Court decision on whether she should be granted bail.
Judge Datuk Amirudin Abd Rahman said a decision would be made this Friday to determine whether M. Santhiea, 18, could be released on bail pending the trial.
“I will need a few days to deliberate. Until the decision is made, she is to be further detained, ” he said at the High Court here yesterday.
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Police officers escorting M.Santhiea,18 out from the George Town High Court in Penang. ( December 17, 2020 ) LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: A Magistrate’s Court here has revoked the bail of a teenager charged with the murder of her newborn baby girl.
M. Santhiea, 18, appeared shocked when magistrate Jamaliah Abd Manap said bail was automatically revoked as the case has been transferred to the High Court.
Jamaliah said she came to her decision after deliberating on the arguments of deputy public prosecutor Yazid Mustaqim Roslan and Santhiea s lawyer, S. Meharaj, on the revocation of bail. Based on the decision made in the Court of Appeal, the conditional bail was placed until the case is transferred to the High Court.