KCC 55/2016
This case involved whether the elements of the crime of embezzlement and forgery had existed.
Background
The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of embezzlement and forgery. The office requested the court to penalize the defendant according to the relevant laws.
The court ruled that the defendant should be imprisoned for seven years. The court ruled that the defendant should be dismissed from his job. The court ruled that the defendant should pay a fine of 23560 Dinars. The court also ruled that the defendant should pay the amount he had robbed.
The office and the defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the two appeals and 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 crimes had not existed in his case.