The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of forging bank statements and other formal documents. The office also accused the defendant of seizing an amount of money from a bank using the forged documents. The office requested the court to penalise the defendant according to the relevant laws.

The court ruled that the defendant should be imprisoned for three years. The court ruled that the defendant should pay a guarantee of 300 Dinars until the ruling became a final one.

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 elements of the crime had not been existed in his case.