Court Acquitted A Man For Selling Liquor

09 June 2017 Crime News

The Misdemeanor Section in the Court of Cassation overturned the verdict of the First Instance and Appeals courts which sentenced a man to one year and a half in prison with hard labor for selling alcohol in Farwaniya. The higher court acquitted the man of all charges leveled against him. According to the case files, the arresting officer obtained an arrest and search warrant after results of investigations showed that the accused was in possession of alcoholic drinks for trading in one of the stables in Farwaniya. The officer and several others raided the stable where they found many cartons containing 134 bottles of what appeared to be alcohol. The available information then showed that the cartons belong to the accused. Attorney Abdul-Muhsin Al-Qattan, who represented the accused in court, argued the prosecution failed to prove that his client was trading in alcohol. He added the initial verdict was issued on the basis of causation which violated the defense rights.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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