KCC 1200/2017

This case involved evidence of forgery. A key point was changing facts in formal documents.

Background

The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of forging formal documents and using an illegal document in a transaction. The office requested the court to penalize the defendant according to the relevant laws.

The court ruled that the defendant should be imprisoned for two years and four months. The court ruled that the defendant should pay a guarantee of 200 Dinars until the ruling becomes a final one. The court ruled that the defendant should be deported from Kuwait after the ruling execution. The court ruled that the forged documents should be confiscated.

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 has erred in the application of law. He said that the elements of the crime had not been existed in the case.

Decision