Six Perpetrators Of Beatings In Sempidi Badung Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison

Six defendants who beat Buleleng men in Badung, Bali underwent trial with a decision agenda at the Denpasar District Court, Bali, Thursday (18/7/2024). ANTARA/Rolandus Nampu

The panel of judges at the Denpasar District Court, Bali, sentenced six fighters who ganged up on Buleleng Adhi Putra Krismawan (23) to death in Sempidi, Mengwi, Badung Regency to seven years in prison.

The panel of judges led by Ida Bagus Bamadewa Patiputra sentenced each defendant Roni Saputra alias Roni (21), Bima Fajar Hari Saputra alias Bima (18) Ocshya Yusuf Bahtiar alias Allah (21) Ahmat Hilmi Mustofa alias Hilmi (24) Pujito alias Utak (31) and Siswantoro (42), to imprisonment for seven years because they were legally and convincingly proven guilty of molestation resulting in the death of the victim.

"The trial, sentenced the defendants to seven years in prison, reduced while the defendant was in detention," said the Panel of Judges as reported by ANTARA, Kamsi, July 18.

The verdict is in accordance with the second alternative indictment of the primary Public Prosecutor as stipulated in the provisions of Article 170 paragraph (2) of the 3rd Criminal Code (KUHP).

The sentence given by the judges to the defendants was 10 years lighter than the demands of the Badung District Attorney Imam Ramdhoni. In the prosecutor's indictment, six defendants were sentenced to 17 years in prison for premeditated murder of the victim as regulated in Article 340 of the Criminal Code regarding premeditated murder.

The aggravating considerations, namely the actions of the defendants caused unrest, caused deep sorrow for the victim's family, and took justice into their own hands.

Meanwhile, mitigating considerations are that the defendants are young, expected to improve their behavior in the future.

The six defendants and legal advisors accepted the verdict. However, the Public Prosecutor stated that he was still thinking about it.

Previously in the indictment read out in the verdict, the actions of the six defendants began when they received a WhatsApp message in the PSHT silat group which asked the members to gather in front of Citra Land Housing, North Denpasar, on Monday (15/4), at around 20.30 WITA.

The purpose of the call to gather is to find members of the IKSPI silat (Ikatan Keluarga Silat Putra Indonesia) or commonly called "Kerakti" to take revenge. Because according to the defendant's statement, a few days earlier in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, members of PSHT were beaten, killed and there were also members of PSHT women who were harassed by IKSPI members.

Then, at around 23.30 WITA, the PSHT member went from the front of Citra Land Housing to the T-junction of the Hanoman Statue of Sempidi, Badung. At that time, the defendants saw that one IKSPI member was using a motorbike. So they immediately chased him, but the person was able to escape.

Not long after, they saw three motorbikes walking hand in hand. The two motorbikes riding are members of IKSPI while the other one alone is victim Adhi Putra Krismawan.

The defendants and members of PSHT shouted and tried to block it. However, the two motorbikes riding the IKSPI members were able to escape, while the victim fell and hit a pole.

Seeing the victim fall, the defendants immediately beat and thought that the victim was a member of IKSPI. They hit, kicked, hit them with pots and Roni who stabbed the victim's chest with a sharp weapon.

Furthermore, the defendants left the victim to death covered in blood. In the end, it was revealed that the victim was not a member of the Kera Sakti, which means they were wrongly targeted.