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Indian Student Sentenced to 35 Months for Fatal Push Into Singapore River

The judgment underscores foreseeability of harm when Pawan pushed an intoxicated stranger into the river, fleeing instead of assisting him.

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The original charge of causing death by a rash act was reduced and another charge was taken into consideration, according to a Channel News Asia report. (HT)

Overview

  • On July 16, 2025, District Judge Janet Wang handed 22-year-old Legha Pawan a 35-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt resulting in grievous hurt.
  • The original charge of causing death by a rash act was downgraded to one count of causing hurt with grievous consequences and a second offence was taken into consideration.
  • Prosecutors cited Pawan’s intoxication, unprovoked attack on a vulnerable stranger at Clarke Quay and his removal of clothing to evade detection as aggravating factors.
  • Victim Jasbir Singh, a 33-year-old married construction worker with two young children, drowned after falling into the Singapore River and was found to have external injuries and high blood-alcohol levels.
  • The court compared this case with a prior fatal club assault to calibrate sentencing and emphasised that the push was reasonably foreseeable to cause grievous harm.