A POLICE sergeant pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur magistrates’ court today to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to his mother-in-law by slapping the woman.

P. Hemaath Kumar, 35, who is with the Sentul district police headquarters, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to the 63-year-old woman at a house in Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, at 9.20pm on June 25.

The charge, framed under section 323 of the penal code, provides a maximum jail term of one year or a maximum fine of RM2,000 or both, upon conviction.

Magistrate Atiqah Mohamed@Mohamad Saim allowed the policeman bail of RM800 with one surety and set November 20 for mention.

Deputy public prosecutor Nadia Eleena Jamaluddin Akbal prosecuted, while Hemaath, who had been charged with committing a similar offence on his wife, was represented by lawyer Vinod Sharma. – Bernama, October 27, 2023.