This is following a Court of Appeal decision on Monday to deny Muhammad Hafizan Ismail's application to get leave to appeal against his conviction and four years jail sentence imposed on him by the Marang Magistrate's Court in Terengganu.
The three-member Court of Appeal panel comprising Justices Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said, Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera and Datuk Wira Ahmad Nasfy Yasin dismissed Muhammad Hafizan's application for leave to appeal after ruling that his application did not have merits. According to the facts of the case, Muhammad Hafizan had pulled the girl into some bushes when she was walking home from school on March 20, 2017.Muhammad Hafizan's lawyer Muhammad Syahri Adnan argued that there were legal questions for the Court of Appeal to determine.