An electrician was sentenced to six days' jail and a fine of RM3,500, in default six months in jail, by the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Wednesday (March 26) for deceiving a man over a modification to a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) electricity meter.
Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin handed down the sentence on S. Thiagarajan, 40, who pleaded guilty to an alternative charge.
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Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin handed down the sentence on S. Thiagarajan, 40, who pleaded guilty to an alternative charge.
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00:00An electrician was slapped with a jail sentence of six days and a fine of 3,500 ringgit in
00:08default of six months jail by the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Wednesday for deceiving
00:13a man over a modification to a TNB electricity meter.
00:18Judge Datuk Mohamed Nasir Nordeen handed down the sentence on 40-year-old S. Thyagarajan,
00:24who pleaded guilty to an alternative charge.
00:27The 40-year-old was accused of cheating an owner of a business premises into handing
00:32him 780 ringgit as an inducement to not report to TNB regarding the modification of an electricity
00:40meter at the premises.
00:42The offence was committed in Puchong last March 20.
00:46The charge was framed under Section 417 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum
00:52of five years jail, a fine or both upon conviction.
00:57Earlier, during mitigation, Thyagarajan, unrepresented, said he had four young children to support
01:04and had no fixed income.
01:07He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of arrest.