Azlan Othman

THE Syariah High Court last Saturday sentenced a local man to three months’ imprisonment, for the theft of a gas cylinder from a kitchen premises in Kuala Belait.

Fadhli bin Muhammad Amin @ Alek Zain anak Jantan was also ordered to return the gas cylinder to the owner, as stipulated under Section 61(1) of the Syariah Penal Code Order 2013.

In handing down the sentence, the Syariah High Court Judge reminded Fadhli that theft is a serious offence under Hukum Syara’.

The prosecution’s case was conducted by the Syar’ie Prosecutor at the Ministry of Religious Affairs.