(MENAFN- Arab Times) Â The Court of Cassation upheld the verdict of the Criminal and Appeals courts, which had sentenced a man, identified only as M.A., to death for the premeditated murder of Major Fahad Abdallah Al-Subaie two years ago.
Case files indicate the Public Prosecution charged the accused with the premeditated murder of Al-Subaie. It has been reported the accused fired several times at the victim, causing fatal wounds in different parts of his body.
Bail frees duo: The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Najeeb Al-Mulla, has revoked the verdict of a lower court that had earlier sentenced a citizen and an expatriate to four years in jail for bribery and allowed them to post bail of KD1,260.
The higher court acquitted the citizen and refrained from imposing a sentence on the expatriate.
Lawyer for the accused, Attorney Bashar Al-Nassat, confirmed his clients denied all the charges. He said the expatriate initially denied the charges but later admitted, under duress, to bribing the citizen who works at the Immigration Department.
After hearing the sides of both parties, the higher court cancelled the imprisonment sentence and acquitted the citizen, while it refrained from imposing a sentence on the expatriate due to lack of incriminating evidence.
'Issue new passport': The Administrative Court presided over by Magistrate Nasser Al-Athari obliged the Interior Ministry to issue a new passport to one citizen after the ministry withdrew his passport based on accusations of tarnishing the reputation of Kuwait.
Defense Lawyer Mishari Al-Eyada pleaded in court that his client's passport was withdrawn after he had been punished by going through probation in Saudi Arabia and served his punishment upon returning to the country, noting the passport was withdrawn by the Interior Ministry for five years.
Lawyer Al-Eyada argued that his client had been denied a new passport despite the 5 years waiting period ended, and based his argument on Article 17 of law numbers 22/1963 and 15/1977 related to the issuance of passports.
He affirmed that his client had adhered to the administrative decision for five years, and so he requested the court to make the administration bear the expenses and legal charges of the case, worth KD 200.
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