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Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye

[2005] SGCA 31; [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Year2005
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

For murder under s 300(c), it is enough that the accused intended to cause the bodily injury actually inflicted; it is irrelevant that he did not intend or foresee the injury's full anatomical extent or fatal consequences.

Area of Law

c

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