Magistrate Siti Zubaidah Mahat meted out the sentence on M. Malini, 25, after she pleaded guilty to intentionally injuring the child, at a kindergarten in Jalan Pandamaran, here, at 9.36am on May 13. — Bernama picKLANG, June 14 — A kindergarten teacher was sentenced to two months in jail by the Magistrates’ Court, here, today, for injuring a four-year-old boy last month.
She was charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum sentence of one year imprisonment or a fine of up to RM2,000, or both, if convicted.However, lawyer A. Birantha, who represented the accused, requested a stay of execution, pending an appeal to the High Court. Deputy public prosecutor Yong Ching Hong did not object to the application and asked the court to impose bail of RM5,000 in one surety.The court granted the application for a stay of execution of the sentence and set bail on the terms requested by the prosecution.