Mohd Zarul Afifi Mohd Zaki was ordered by the Court of Appeal three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail to serve his jail sentence from on Tuesday .He lost his appeal to set aside his conviction but succeeded in getting the court to reduce his sentence from six years’ jail and two strokes of the cane to just one-year imprisonment.
However, she said the court agreed with Mohd Zarul’s counsel M.M Athimulan that the six-year imprisonment and two strokes of the cane were manifestly excessive since there was no force used or injuries inflicted on the victim. The High Court, on Jan 18, 2022, allowed the prosecution’s appeal and convicted Mohd Zarul and sentenced him to six years in jail and two strokes of the cane. Mohd Zarul then appealed to the Court of Appeal.