THREE students from a madrasah in Hulu Langat pleaded guilty at the magistrate’s court in Kajang today on the charge of causing injury to two junior students last month.

All three accused, ages between 16 and 17, entered the plea after the charge against them was read before magistrate Syahrul Sazly Md Sain.

Sentencing has been fixed for December 29, pending their probation reports.

In the same court, another senior student, Muhammad Muaz Zainul Abidin, 24, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. The court then adjourned his case to the same date.

According to the charge, they were jointly accused of intentionally inflicting injury on two students, ages 10 and 12 respectively, in a tahfiz dormitory in Hulu Langat at 7.30pm on October 31.

The charge, framed under section 323 of the penal code and read together with section 34 of the same code, carries a maximum one-year prison term or a fine of up to RM2,000 or both if convicted.

Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Nurul Husna Amran said she would accept bail of RM4,000 for each of the juvenile offenders, and RM5,000 for Muaz.

All the accused, who were not represented, pleaded for lower bail.

The court granted bail at RM1,000 for each of the three juvenile offenders and Muaz was allowed RM1,500 bail with one surety. – Bernama, November 29, 2021.