Cop acquitted over 'glitch registered' charge

The Shah Alam High Court allowed a police inspector’s appeal for a discharge amounting to an acquittal (DAA) in a case over a “glitch registered” charge of allegedly insulting the modesty of a fellow police officer.

Judicial commissioner Norsharidah Awang today permitted Sheila Sharon Steven Kumar’s appeal against a Magistrate’s Court’s decision on June 26 to grant a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) over a duplicate modesty-outrage charge involving lance corporal Abdul Arif Farhan Abdul Razak.

On June 26 before the lower court, the prosecution applied to withdraw the duplicate charge, as she already...