What Penal Code sections are invoked in these assault charges?

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Penal Code sections invoked for the assault charges are Sections 324 and 323, with Section 34 applied in joint charges

Five Taiping Prison officers were charged under the Penal Code for injuring inmates in separate incidents, with two different provisions used for the offences. Mohd Hairie Jumri and Saiful Azman Mohamad Ibrahim were charged under Section 324 read together with Section 34, while Ahmad Rizal Razali was charged under Section 323. Muhamad Mustakhim Abdul Rahim and Nor Hafiz Izwan Muhammad Jajam were charged under Section 323 read together with Section 34.
Section 324 plus Section 34 for intentionally causing hurt with a baton
Mohd Hairie and Saiful Azman face a charge of intentionally causing hurt to P. Jason Immanuel, 25, using a baton at Hall B, Taiping Prison, between 3pm and 4pm on Jan 17, 2025. The charge is brought under Section 324 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Act. The maximum punishment stated is up to 10 years in prison, a fine, or whipping, or any two of those punishments, upon conviction.
Section 323 for voluntarily causing hurt
Ahmad Rizal Razali, also a prison inspector, is charged with voluntarily causing hurt to V. Naveen Kumar, 32, at the same location between 3pm and 4.15pm on the same date. This charge is brought under Section 323 of the Penal Code. The maximum penalty stated is up to one year in prison, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both, upon conviction.
Section 323 plus Section 34 for joint voluntarily causing hurt
Muhamad Mustakhim Abdul Rahim and Nor Hafiz Izwan Muhammad Jajam are jointly charged under Section 323 read together with Section 34 for voluntarily causing hurt to G. Yugarajan, 30. The incident is alleged to have occurred at Hall B, Taiping Prison, between 3pm and 4pm on Jan 17, 2025. This pairing of Section 323 with Section 34 is the legal basis used for their joint charge.
Section 34 is applied only where charges are framed jointly
Section 34 is specifically invoked alongside Section 324 for Mohd Hairie and Saiful Azman’s intentionally causing hurt charge, and alongside Section 323 for Muhamad Mustakhim and Nor Hafiz Izwan’s voluntarily causing hurt charge. Ahmad Rizal’s charge is framed under Section 323 alone, without Section 34.

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