PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today acquitted and discharged a Syariah lawyer of a criminal breach of trust (CBT) charge involving RM7,000 in client fees from 13 years ago.
A three-member bench, comprising Justices Datuk Hashim Hamzah, Datuk Azman Abdullah, and Datuk Azmi Ariffin, unanimously allowed the appeal filed by Muhammad Hafiz Ab Rashid, overturning the Sessions Court's ruling, which had convicted and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment, two strokes of the cane, and a RM5,000 fine.
