KCC 1200/2016
This case involved public servants who had misused their authority and damaged public assets. A key issue was the second defendant should not have been acquitted when he was responsible for the department of share trading through which the crime was committed.
Background
The office of public prosecution accused two defendants of causing damage to public assets by misusing their authority as public servants. The office requested the court to penalise the defendants according to the relevant laws.
The court ruled that the two defendants should be imprisoned for 10 years each. The court also ruled that the two defendants should pay a fine of 100000 Dinars each and they should be dismissed from their jobs.
The office and the second defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and acquitted the second defendant.