KCC 1424/2017
This case involved individuals accused of forging bank and formal documents to seize money. The court had ignored a confession and testimony in making its ruling.
Background
The office of public prosecution accused three defendants of forging banking and formal documents in order to seize a victim’s money. The office requested the court to penalize the defendants according to the relevant laws.
The court ruled that the defendants should be imprisoned for seven years each and they should be deported from Kuwait after the ruling's execution.
The second and third defendants appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appealed ruling issued against the second defendant and acquitted him. The court amended the appealed ruling and ruled that the third defendant should be imprisoned for three years. The court upheld the appealed ruling otherwise.
Decision
The office appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The office said in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had insufficient evidence of causation. The office said that the court had acquitted the second defendant although the evidence upon which the ruling was established was insufficient.