KCC 478/2016
This case involved the evidence required to prove the crime of forgery.
Background
The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of forging a formal document and seizing money from a victim. The office also accused a second defendant of causing damage to assets under his supervision.
The court acquitted the second defendant. The court ruled that the first defendant should be imprisoned for three years. The court ruled that the defendant should be deported from Kuwait after the ruling's execution.
The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the acquittal ruling issued against the second defendant. The court suspended the announcement of the penalty on the condition that he should show good conduct for one year.
The first defendant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The said in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. They said that the elements of the crime of forgery had not existed in the case.