Coas Mohomod Mohomod Akbar vs. The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/0291/2017-2022

In the case between Coas Mohomod Mohomod Akbar (Accused-Appellant) and The Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed whether the imposition of the death sentence for murder under section 296 of the Penal Code was appropriate or whether the circumstances warranted conviction for the lesser offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 297. It was decided that the circumstances—including absence of premeditation, the presence of provocation, contradictions in evidence, and a sudden fight—did not support a murder conviction. Instead, a conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder was held to be appropriate. The decision reaffirmed that the sentence for homicide must reflect the degree of intention, provo