Outrage of Modesty
Outrage of Modesty is a primary practice area in Singapore's legal system. This area encompasses 54 cases from 2000 to 2025.
Leading Law Firms
Analysis of law firms specializing in Outrage of Modesty, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Law Firm | Cases |
|---|---|
| Attorney-General’s Chambers69.23% success rate | 39 cases72.2% of area |
| Deputy Public Prosecutor100.00% success rate | 6 cases11.1% of area |
| Deputy Public Prosecutors50.00% success rate | 4 cases7.4% of area |
| Independent Practitioner50.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
| Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC0.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
| Dew Chambers0.00% success rate | 1 cases1.9% of area |
| Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP0.00% success rate | 1 cases1.9% of area |
| Providence Law Asia LLC0.00% success rate | 1 cases1.9% of area |
| Eugene Thuraisingam LLP0.00% success rate | 1 cases1.9% of area |
| Drew & Napier LLC0.00% success rate | 1 cases1.9% of area |
Notable Lawyers
Leading lawyers practicing in Outrage of Modesty, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Lawyer | Cases |
|---|---|
| Gail Wong50.00% success rate | 4 cases7.4% of area |
| Charlene Tay Chia33.33% success rate | 3 cases5.6% of area |
| Michael Quilindo0.00% success rate | 3 cases5.6% of area |
| Kan Shuk Weng100.00% success rate | 3 cases5.6% of area |
| Sruthi Boppana100.00% success rate | 3 cases5.6% of area |
| Tay Jia En50.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
| Ngiam Hian Theng Diana0.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
| Ramesh Tiwary0.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
| Tai Wei Shyong100.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
| Christina Koh100.00% success rate | 2 cases3.7% of area |
Recent Judgments
Displaying 50 most recent judgments out of 54 total cases
| No. | Title | Court | Decision Date | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lim Hua Tong Jason v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Conviction for Outrage of Modesty | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 25 Feb 2025 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 2 | Ler Chun Poh v Public Prosecutor: Appeal on Outrage of Modesty Conviction & Sentencing | General Division of the High Court | 02 Dec 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 3 | Thangarajan Elanchezhian v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Conviction for Outrage of Modesty | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 02 Dec 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 4 | GIL v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Conviction for Outrage of Modesty of a Minor | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 05 Nov 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 5 | GHI v Public Prosecutor: Aggravated Outrage of Modesty & Cross-Examination of Vulnerable Witnesses | General Division of the High Court | 28 Aug 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 6 | GHA v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Conviction for Aggravated Outrage of Modesty | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 21 Jul 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 7 | Public Prosecutor v Tan Chee Beng: Outrage of Modesty & Sexual Offences | General Division of the High Court | 12 Apr 2023 | Appeal Allowed |
| 8 | Loh Siang Piow v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty Case | General Division of the High Court | 29 Mar 2023 | Appeal Allowed |
| 9 | Mohamed Ardlee v PP: Aggravated Outrage of Modesty Sentencing Appeal | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 18 Jul 2022 | Appeal against conviction and sentence dismissed. |
| 10 | BOX v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against 17 Years' Imprisonment for Sexual Offences Against Minors | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 11 Apr 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 11 | Ng Kum Weng v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty & Insulting Modesty | General Division of the High Court | 22 Apr 2021 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 12 | GDC v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty Charge Amendment and Sentencing | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 03 Nov 2020 | Appeal Allowed in Part |
| 13 | Public Prosecutor v BSV: Aggravated Outrage of Modesty, Rape, Criminal Intimidation | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 02 Jun 2020 | Accused guilty and convicted of all nine charges. |
| 14 | Public Prosecutor v Siow Kai Yuan Terence: Sentencing for Outrage of Modesty on Public Transport | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Apr 2020 | Appeal allowed. The High Court imposed a two-week imprisonment term. |
| 15 | BRJ v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Sentence for Outrage of Modesty of a Child | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 22 Mar 2020 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 16 | PP v BMF: Sexual Assault, Outrage of Modesty & Sentencing | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Sep 2019 | Accused sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. |
| 17 | Public Prosecutor v Ridhaudin Ridhwan: Rape, Attempted Rape, Sexual Penetration, and Outrage of Modesty | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 18 Aug 2019 | Accused persons convicted and sentenced for various sexual offences. |
| 18 | Public Prosecutor v Ridhaudin Ridhwan: Rape, Attempted Rape, Sexual Penetration, Outrage of Modesty, Consent, Mistake of Fact | High Court | 22 Apr 2019 | Accused 1 convicted on all charges; Accused 2 convicted on one charge and acquitted on another; Accused 3 convicted on all charges. |
| 19 | PP v Mohd Taufik: Outrage of Modesty & Knowledge of Offending Modesty | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 02 Apr 2019 | Appeal allowed in part. |
| 20 | Public Prosecutor v BVZ: Sentencing for Sexual Assault by Penetration and Related Offences | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 25 Mar 2019 | Accused sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment and 16 strokes of the cane. |
| 21 | - | 11 Mar 2019 | Unknown | |
| 22 | GCO v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Sentence for Outrage of Modesty and Insulting Modesty | High Court of Singapore | 12 Feb 2019 | Appeal Allowed in Part |
| 23 | Public Prosecutor v BNO: Outrage of Modesty and Fellatio of a Minor | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 08 Nov 2018 | Accused convicted and sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. |
| 24 | Public Prosecutor v Thompson Matthew: Outraging Modesty on Flight, Sentencing Appeal | High Court | 15 Aug 2018 | Appeal Allowed in Part |
| 25 | Public Prosecutor v BDA: Rape, Outrage of Modesty - Son Accused of Sexually Assaulting Mother | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 27 Mar 2018 | Conviction and sentence of 16 years’ imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane. |
| 26 | PP v Mohd Ariffan: Adducing Fresh Evidence on Appeal in Sexual Offence Case | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Feb 2018 | The Prosecution's application to admit the affidavits of Matin, Superintendent Chua, and Assistant Superintendent Jaga was dismissed. The application to admit the evidence of Ms. Ng was allowed in part. Ms. Ng's affidavit, section 7, and paragraphs 5.3.4 and 5.5 of the expert report are admitted as further evidence in this appeal. |
| 27 | Kunasekaran v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty on Public Bus | High Court | 10 Jan 2018 | Appeal dismissed. |
| 28 | GBR v Public Prosecutor: Aggravated Outrage of Modesty of a Minor | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 14 Nov 2017 | Appeal dismissed; cross-appeal allowed. |
| 29 | PP v Tan Kok Leong: Doctor Convicted of Outrage of Modesty and Drug Administration for Sexual Offenses | High Court | 30 Jul 2017 | Accused's appeals against conviction and sentence were dismissed and the Prosecution’s appeals were allowed. |
| 30 | Public Prosecutor v BLV: Sexual Assault, Outrage of Modesty, Children and Young Persons Act Offences | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 03 Jul 2017 | Accused convicted on all ten charges |
| 31 | Public Prosecutor v Mohd Ariffan bin Mohd Hassan: Rape, Outraging Modesty, Adverse Inference | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 11 Apr 2017 | Accused acquitted on all five charges. |
| 32 | Winston Lee v PP: Outraging Modesty & Criminal Force in Medical Exam | High Court | 19 Jul 2015 | Appeal dismissed. |
| 33 | ABE v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Conviction for Outraging Modesty and Rape | High Court | 26 Jan 2014 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 34 | PP v Lee Chee Soon Peter: Application of Similar Fact Evidence in Sexual Offence Case | High Court | 24 Oct 2010 | Accused found not guilty and acquitted. |
| 35 | PP v Chow Yee Sze: Sentencing Appeal for Outrage of Modesty under Penal Code s 354 | High Court | 29 Aug 2010 | Appeal Allowed |
| 36 | AKD v Public Prosecutor: Outraging Modesty of Domestic Worker - Appeal Against Conviction Allowed | High Court | 12 Aug 2010 | Appeal against conviction allowed. |
| 37 | Public Prosecutor v Heng Swee Weng: Outrage of Modesty & Sentencing Principles for Public Transport Users | High Court | 02 Dec 2009 | Appeal Allowed |
| 38 | Public Prosecutor v Bala Kuppusamy: Sexual Assault, Robbery, and Penal Code Amendments | High Court | 20 Apr 2009 | Accused sentenced to 42 years imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. |
| 39 | XP v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty, Standard of Proof, and Witness Credibility | High Court | 03 Jul 2008 | Appeal Allowed |
| 40 | Chng Yew Chin v PP: Outrage of Modesty & Judicial Mercy for Terminally Ill Offenders | High Court of Singapore | 07 Aug 2006 | Appeal against conviction dismissed; appeal against sentence allowed in part. |
| 41 | Public Prosecutor v MY: Attempted Rape Charge and Outrage of Modesty under Penal Code | High Court | 25 May 2006 | Accused acquitted on attempted rape charge but convicted of outrage of modesty. |
| 42 | Public Prosecutor v MX: Sentencing for Rape and Aggravated Rape of Daughters | High Court | 17 Apr 2006 | Accused sentenced to 32 years' imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. |
| 43 | Iskandar bin Muhamad Nordin v PP: Appeal Against Sentence for Outrage of Modesty | High Court | 03 Nov 2005 | Appeal dismissed and sentence enhanced to 24 months’ imprisonment with nine strokes of the cane. |
| 44 | Goh Han Heng v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty Appeal | High Court | 29 Sep 2003 | Appeal dismissed. |
| 45 | Public Prosecutor v C: Sentencing for Outrage of Modesty and Unnatural Offences | High Court | 01 Apr 2003 | Accused convicted |
| 46 | PP v ABC: Outrage of Modesty - Assessing Child Witness Testimony | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 30 Mar 2003 | Appeal Allowed |
| 47 | - | 12 Dec 2002 | Unknown | |
| 48 | Wong Soon Lee v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Sentence for Outrage of Modesty | High Court | 16 Sep 2002 | Appeal allowed in part; sentence varied. |
| 49 | Balasubramanian Palaniappa Vaiyapuri v PP: Outraging Modesty on Flight SQ 973 | High Court | 22 Jan 2002 | Petition dismissed and appeal dismissed; sentence enhanced to 24 months' imprisonment. |
| 50 | DT v Public Prosecutor: Outrage of Modesty, Criminal Force, and Admissibility of Statements | High Court | 22 Jul 2001 | Appeal dismissed. |