T.Mohamed Ramzi v. The Hon. Attorney General – CA 234/14-2014

In the case between T. Mohamed Ramzi and The Hon. Attorney General, the court addressed the issues of whether the accused-appellant’s appeal could be withdrawn and whether the period of remand should be considered for the commencement of the sentence, specifically whether the sentence should run from the date of conviction in accordance with Section 359 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court permitted the withdrawal of the appeal and ordered that the sentence run from the date of conviction, reaffirming the principle that when the accused has been in remand since conviction, the sentence may commence from that date. This decision relied on procedural provisions under the Criminal Procedure Code and confirmed that all other conditions of sentence remain unchanged, thus facilitating judic