[2013] SGHC 77

“(c) Public Prosecutor v Ravindran Annamalai [2013] SGHC 77 (“Ravindran”): The offender rushed at the victim, a domestic helper employed by his neighbour, as she was leaving the neighbouring flat. He forced his way inside and proceeded to rape her twice. Betw”

“(c) As a matter of precedent, the present case warranted a heavier sentence than that imposed in Public Prosecutor v Ravindran Annamalai [2013] SGHC 77 (“Ravindran”), which was to date the only case under s 307(1) of the PC since the amendment of the provision in 2007. In this regard, cases under s 304(a) of the PC for”

“the middle to upper reaches of Band 2 involved more serious violence or aggravating factors such as gang rape or abuse of a position of trust: at [54], citing Public Prosecutor v Ravindran Annamalai [2013] SGHC 77, Public Prosecutor v BNN [2014] SGHC 7 and Public Prosecutor v Mohamed Fadzli bin Abdul Rahim [2008] SGHC”

“In PP v Ravindran Annamalai [2013] SGHC 77 (“Ravindran”), a sentence of 12 years’ imprisonment and 6 strokes of the cane was imposed for an attempted murder charge through strangulation by hand and with the use of a raffia string. The accused”

“o 18 years’ imprisonment and five to six strokes of caning was consistent with the cases that have been decided since the amendments to s 307(1) of the Penal Code. These were PP v Ravindran Annamalai [2013] SGHC 77, PP v BPK [2018] 5 SLR 755 (“BPK”) and Shoo Ah San.”