THE Shah Alam High Court today granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) against Sheila Sharon Steven Kumar, better known as “Inspector Sheila”, for insulting the modesty of her colleague.

The court today allowed the appeal by Sheila on grounds that the charge had not been read to her, and a plea not taken, before a magistrate as required by law. 

She was earlier charged under section 509 of the penal code, for her inappropriate remarks about the rank of lance corporal to policeman Farhan Abdul Razak at Taman Sri Gombak at noon on June 15.

“The appeal is allowed and the DNAA granted by the magistrate on June 26 is set aside,” Justice Norsharidah Awang said in a brief oral ruling today, as reported by Free Malaysia Today.

Earlier, Sheila’s lawyer, M. Manoharan, said a deputy public prosecutor had informed the Selayang magistrates’ court that Sheila, 35, had been granted a DNAA due to a “technical glitch” encountered by the court registry. 

Manoharan said the magistrates’ court was wrong to grant a DNAA as no charge was “hanging over my client’s head”.

Meanwhile, at another magistrates’ court in Selayang, Sheila was charged under the same provision of law with intentionally insulting the modesty of lawyer P. Taneswaran, 31.

She faces up to five years in jail, a fine, or both. 

Sheila also claimed trial to criminal intimidation against civilian M. Silverkoomarie, an offence under section 506 of the penal code, which carries a penalty of up to two years’ jail, a fine, or both.

Both offences were allegedly committed at Taman Sri Gombak on June 15.

The trial for both cases will be held on February 5 and 6. – October 31, 2023.