Is it a criminal offense if i push my friend's head wif my finger? Can he win if he were to sue me in court and there was no other witness around when this happened?
2006-09-05 00:22:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Assuming the question is asked in Singapore's legal context:
By pushing your friend's head with your finger, you have exercised 'force' on your friend. Under the Penal Code, "A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to that other".
If you have used force on your friend:
a) without his consent AND
b) did it to commit an offence OR
c) to illegally cause or know that it will cause injury, fear or annoyance to your friend
then you are said to have used 'criminal force' on your friend.
Having defined the above, if you pushed your friend's head with your finger and he allowed you to do so, then it is not a criminal offence. However, if you did it to annoy him, then it can be argued that you have used criminal force on him and it is technically a criminal offence.
If your friend made a police report about what happened, the police will be unable to arrest you because use of criminal force is an offence that is non-seizable i.e. cannot arrest without a warrant. Your friend would have to file a Magistrate's Complaint at the Subordinate Courts and the judge there will decide if the complaint has merit.
Your friend may alternatively choose to take up the case under civil law. He can try to engage a lawyer and through legal proceedings, try and prove that your actions i.e. pushing his head with your finger, caused him some form of damage (physical, mental etc.) and that he is entitled to compensation from you.
Note that I did not touch on the evidence he would have to produce in order to get a judgement in his favour; I am merely stating his legal rights.
2006-09-05 01:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dimmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you push his head with your finger? I guess if someone wanted to be really picky, it could be simple assault. I wouldn't count on any judgment going to your friend if he tries to sue, though.
2006-09-05 00:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by dh1977 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be bodily contact or assault. Infliction of pain and discomfort is the factor. However, the case would be dismissed to get it off the docket.
2006-09-05 00:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by barkel76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many places it is simple assault. With no witness or injury there is really no case.
2006-09-05 01:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if your finger did damage...like kill him or at least put him in a hospital.
2006-09-05 00:28:31 · answer #5 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there were no witness, then it would be your word against his. while those kinds of cases can be won, they're often times very difficult.
2006-09-05 00:31:06 · answer #6 · answered by Sexy Lexy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋