KUALA LUMPUR: A college student has been charged at the Magistrate's Court here with two counts of murder involving a pair of husband and wife who died in a fatal crash along Jalan Ampang, earlier this month.
Danish Raman Kamar Kumaresan, 24, did not react as the charges were read out to him before Magistrate Nurul Izzah Hasan Basri here on Friday (May 15).
He nodded his head to signal he understood the charge.
No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
According to the charges, the accused allegedly caused the deaths of A. Doraisingam, 61, and his wife A. Menagah, 56, on Jalan Ampang heading to Ampang Point from KLCC at about 5.30am on May 2.
The charges were framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries a death sentence, or imprisonment between 30 and 40 years, with a minimum 12 whippings, if convicted.
The accused was not allowed bail as he was accused of unbailable offences.
The court fixed Aug 17 for mention.
When met outside the courtroom, K. Suresh Kumar, who is a nephew of Doraisingam, told the press that his uncle would send his wife to Gleneagles Hospital every morning as she worked there.
“My uncle and his wife have three children aged 19, 24 and 26,” Suresh Kumar said.
Menagah's younger brother, A. Nagulan was also present in court.
“We only want justice and fairness in this case,” Suresh Kumar said.
Deputy public prosecutor Faizal @ Amrin Noor Hadi prosecuted while the accused was represented by lawyers Mansheel Kaur and Devinder Kaur Dhaliwal.
It was previously reported that a senior couple who rode on a motorcycle died after their vehicle was rammed by a car in an incident on Jalan Ampang.
