K Kaarthiek and A Hariprasanth were charged in the Petaling Jaya magistrates’ court today. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Two men were charged in the magistrates’ court here today with the murder of a saleswoman whose naked body was found with her hands tied near the Blue Water Estate roundabout in Seri Kembangan last month.
Information technology officer K Kaarthiek, 26, and lorry driver A Hariprasanth, 23, nodded after the charges were read out to them before magistrate Shahril Anuar Ahmad Mustapha.
No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The two men were charged with murdering Saraswathy Chan, 24, at Jalan Orkid near the Blue Water Estate roundabout between 6.18pm on Oct 24 and 2.17am the following day.
They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, and face the death penalty or imprisonment for a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of 40 years, as well as a whipping not exceeding 12 strokes if not hanged, upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Lim Leong Hui while lawyer Sivahnanthan Ragava represented Kaarthiek. Hariprasanth was represented by lawyers Kailash Sharma and Raj Preet Kaur.
The court set Jan 16 for mention for the submission of the chemical and post-mortem reports.
