KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Appeals Court upheld the verdict of the Court of First Instance and acquitted a Kuwaiti man of charges of forging a certificate issued by an Indian university.
Officials of the Ministry of Higher Education said the suspect submitted the certificate to the authority where he was working to modify his position. The office asked Kuwait’s Embassy in India to check the genuineness of the certificate and it was discovered that the certificate was forged. Subsequently, a complaint was filed against the suspect.
Lawyer Bashar Al-Nassar refuted the charges, saying the main suspect in the case is the owner of the office which issued the certificate to his client and many others like him. He said the owner deceived his client and other victims for years. He claimed that the victims regularly took exams, but it was later discovered that they were all fake. Al-Nassar also added that there is no evidence against his client.

3-year jail, deportation: The Criminal Court acquitted a suspect of document falsification charges and sentenced another expatriate to three years imprisonment and deportation after serving the term.
The charge sheet accused the second defendant of illegal withdrawal of certain amount of money from the plaintiff’s account to purchase mobile phone recharge cards online. The first defendant allegedly bought the recharge cards at lower prices and concealed the source of the cards. The first defendant’s lawyer Mohammad Al-Khraebit argued that his client should not pay for an offence he didn’t commit because investigations didn’t establish his link to the crime.

Boys acquitted: The Minor Section at the Court of First Instance acquitted two minors of charges of stealing a vehicle belonging to an expatriate, vandalizing it and taking away the contents.
The expatriate alleged that the suspects used a special key to open the vehicle which he parked in front of his residence in Khaitan. The investigation officer said all indications pointed to the suspects.
However, defense counsel Mohammad Al-Wawan argued that the investigators’ findings were based on inferential evidences rather than concrete ones and that it was untenable in a court of law. He said the fingerprints picked up at the scene of the incident did not match with those of his clients.

Not guilty verdict: The Misdemeanor Court has acquitted a Kuwaiti of swindling. Case files indicate the accused received money from the plaintiff after finalizing a verbal agreement to invest the money. However, the accused allegedly used the money for personal interests. Attorney Hassan Al-Ajmi, who represented the accused in court, argued the elements of criminal intent are lacking in the lawsuit. He then demanded acquittal of his client due to the absence of incriminating evidence.