BCC 381/2018
This case involved an individual who had cheated a victim and seized property from her. He was sentenced to a fine, imprisonment and deportation after serving the sentence. An argument that he should not be deported because he was a Bahraini citizen was rejected as he was not a Bahraini citizen.
Background
The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of fraud and requested the court to penalized him according to Article 64 of Bahrain Decree-Law No. 15/1976 . It was stated that he had cheated the victim and seized her jewellery.
The court ruled that the defendant should be imprisoned for one year and that he should pay a fine of 5000 Dinars. The court also ruled that the defendant should be deported from Bahrain after the execution of the punishment.
The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. He said in his grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. He said that the court had ruled that he should be deported from Bahrain although he was a Bahraini citizen.