KUALA PILAH: Three friends have been ordered to serve 29 months in jail after they pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of trying to steal an automated teller machine (ATM).

       Mohd Ridzuwan Md Daud, 36, Mohamad Faris Zaki, 29 and Mohd Najib Husain, 26, did not contest the charge after it was read to them before Magistrate Saiful Sayoti.

       The trio committed the offence at an ATM kiosk in Johol around 4am on Dec 13, 2021 and were charged under Section 379 of the Penal Code read together with Section 511 of the same Act and Section 34 of the same legislation.

       Offenders can be jailed up to seven years, fined or both upon conviction

       The friends also pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking a glass enclosure at the ATM kiosk which cost RM1,500 in losses.

       For this, they were each sentenced to one year in jail.

       They were charged under Section 427 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of between one and five years, a fine or both upon conviction.

       The court also ordered Mohd Ridzuwan to serve three years in jail after he pleaded guilty to a third charge of stealing a Proton Iswara.

       He committed the offence around 3am on Nov 16, 2021 at Dangi and was charged under Section 379A of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of between one and seven years and a fine.

       Mohd Najib was also sentenced to three years in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of concealing the stolen vehicle.

       He was charged under Section 414 of the Penal Code which provides a jail term of up to seven years, a fine or both upon conviction.

       The three will serve their sentences concurrently.

       The trio was unrepresented while Nik Nur Aqilah Syarfa Nik Zaidi prosecuted.