Judgments - Abu Dhabi First Court

The Legal Court of First Instance found the victim, who was already a 'Decree Holder' from the Civil Court of Abu Dhabi, is innocent of all the charges leveled against him, acquitted him and awarded its judgment against Abu Dhabi police.

The following are very important observations of the judgments of the both the courts, which itself speak about the innocence of the judgment creditor, the victim.

The Judgment of the ‘Legal Court of First Instance’ Dated: 10-04-1996.

The Judgment Creditor, the victim, who was charged with offences by the Abu Dhabi Police, was acquitted. The Court directed the Authorities, to prosecute the policeman involved in the illegal activities. It was found that the Emirati was guilty of deception and assault.

The Court criticized the Public Prosecution for concealing the assaults of the policemen on the Judgment Creditor, and its tampering of evidence.

Some of the material findings of the Court are:-

i) The policeman and Hassan Saeed had committed the offences of trespass and assault.

ii) The Judgment Creditor had only exercised his legal right, and he and his brother were attacked by the policeman and Hassan Saeed by taking the law into their hand.

iii) The police, which was expected to help the victims, unjustifiably protected the trespassers who were the law breakers.

iv) The Criminal Court observed that, the Interim Judgment of the Abu Dhabi Civil Court, ruled that the Judgment Creditor was the really aggrieved person and had deserved help.

v) The conduct of the police clearly proved the malicious motives in initiating the criminal complaint against the Judgment Creditor.

vi) Ultimately, the Court found that the policeman indulged in the illegal criminal act due to his greed, and that the police framed false charges against the Judgment Creditor to save their face.

DIRECTIONS OF COURT – AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF POLICE.

The Court took a serious view of the entire events. It ordered an enquiry into the conduct of the police. The records were forwarded to the Public Prosecution for facilitating the investigation.

[The order of the Court, regrettably enough, was ignored by the UAE authority. No investigation was conducted by the prosecution].

APEX COURT OF ABU DHABI, UAE: The Apex Court of Abu Dhabi was fully satisfied the lower court decision and directing the authority to release the victim immediately.

The Abu Dhabi Supreme Court Judgment which clearly revealed the malafides and the arbitrary way in which the police department and the local acted. It further reiterated the condemnation of the prosecutor. An excerpt from the appellate judgment as follows:-

"Verily the Islamic law and the entire positive laws have honoured man and protected his freedom, his honour, his property and his soul. Hence, if man was killed while protecting these, he is considered to be a martyr. And limitation of his freedom without any right is an unforgiving crime and the same is mentioned in the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of the penal procedure code. And it is proved in this case that the policemen along-with the local went to arrest the accused, without any right and curtailed his freedom" (View Judgment Highlights)

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