THE Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today sentenced an unemployed man to six years’ jail and ordered him to be whipped once for robbing a man at knife point of RM50 last week.

Judge Norina Zainol Abidin meted out the sentence on M. Krishnamurthi, 49, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

He was charged with robbing Chai Fuh Chang, 43, at the Jinjang MRT motorcycle parking lot at 11.55am, last December 7.

The charge, under section 392 of the penal code, carries a maximum 14 years’ jail, and can be fined or whipped.

Krishnamurthi was ordered to serve jail time from the date of arrest, which was December 7.

Deputy public prosecutor Illya Syaheedah Mohd Razif prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented. – Bernama, December 11, 2023.