Judicial Commissioner Nurulhuda Nur’aini Mohamad Nor, who allowed his appeal against the sentence, said she took into account that the appellant had paid compensation in the form of a compound to two persons, including the policemen for causing hurt.

The judge said Farid, 40, had also tendered an apology during his trial to demonstrate he was remorseful.

Nurulhuda then substituted the 13-month jail term for using criminal force to a RM5,000 fine and the four-month’s jail for disorderly conduct to a RM500 fine.

Farid, who was represented by Kee Wei Lon and Low Wei Loke, paid the fine.

On June 2 last year, magistrate Nor Ariffin Hisham imposed the custodial sentence after finding him guilty of both offences.

The jail terms were to run concurrently, meaning he only had to serve 13 months. However, he was on RM10,000 bail pending the outcome of his appeal.

The magistrate also ordered Farid to pay RM5,000 in prosecution cost which he also paid.

Farid was charged with committing both the offences against Constable Muhammad Nizam Jamaluddin at the Kota Damansara police station at 1.20pm on Jan 11, 2018.

He was also charged with causing hurt to Nizam and a member of the public, Asyraf Ahmad at the same place and time.

However, he paid a compound of RM5,000 to Nizam and another RM8,000 to Asyraf as allowed under Section 260 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Deputy public prosecutor Ho Kwon Chin prosecuted.

In February this year, the Sultan of Pahang revoked Farid’s datukship from the state. There was no reason given but it was believed to have been linked to his conviction in court last year.