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Appeal of Suspect Accused of Acquiring Molotov Rejected
2018-01-09
The First High Criminal Appeals Court rejected, in absentia, the appeal of a suspect accused of acquiring Molotov. The suspect is sentenced to six months in jail only, due to his young age.
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Court Upholds 3&5-Year Jail Term against 4 Suspects over Putting Fake Bomb in A’ali
2018-01-08
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeal of 4 appellants accused of putting fake bomb on the public street in A’ali. 3 of the appellants are sentenced to 5 years in jail and the fourth one is sentenced to 3 years in jail due to his young age.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Suspects Accused of Holding Two Youth inside a Farm, Claiming they are Informants
2018-01-08
The First High Criminal Appeals court sentenced 3 appellants to 3 years in jail. The defendants are convicted of holding, along with other unknowns, two youths (one of them is an Arab citizen). The suspects stripped the Arab youth of his clothes after they hit him and forced him to return home naked, claiming that he and the other youth work as informants for the Ministry of Interior.
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Court Upholds 5-Year Jail Term against Suspect Accused of Assembling in Al-Sahla in 2009
2018-01-04
The High Appeals Court upheld a 5-year jail term against defendant accused of assembly and arson charges in Al-Sahla in 2009
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Court Sentences Policeman to 3 years in Prison, Deports him over Admitting Mobile Phone and Ring to Inmate in Jaw Prison in Return for Bribery
2018-01-03
The First High Criminal Court issued 3-year jail term against a policeman in Jaw prison who received bribery from an inmate whose family name is “Balawi” in return for providing him with a mobile phone and a ring and ordered to fine him 200 BD. It also ordered to expel him outside the country after finishing his prison term. The court sentenced the inmate (second suspect) to 3 years in prison.
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Court Rejects Appeals of Suspect Accused of Burning Tires in Sadad
2018-01-02
The High Appeals Criminal Court rejected looking into challenge of defendant sentenced to 3 years in jail over assembling and burning tires near Sadad roundabout.
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One to 3-Year Prison Terms Handed down to 9 Defendants over Assembly Charges in Sanabes
2018-01-02
The Fourth Criminal Court sentenced five defendants to three years in prison over charges of assembling in Sanabes, another to two and three others to one. The court also ordered the confiscation of the seized items.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Verdict against 5 Suspects over Assembly Case in Jannusan
2018-01-02
The High Appeals Court upheld 3-year jail term against 5 defendants accused of assembling in Jannusan.
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Two Defendants Sentenced to One Year in Jail over Burning Tires in Muharraq
2018-01-02
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two defendants, in presence, to one year in jail over burning tires and pouring oil on Sheikh Isa Street in Muharraq and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Court Hands down 2-Year Jail Term instead of 3 to 2 Brothers over Attacking 2 Policemen
2017-12-29
The High Criminal Appeals Court commuted the 3-year jail sentence of two brothers who attacked two policemen to 2 years only. The two policemen had came to arrest one of the bothers who is sentenced to 5 years in jail over robbery case.
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Appeals: 7&10-Year Jail Term, Citizenship Revocation to 2 Defendants over Joining “Al-Wafa Party”
2017-12-29
The High Appeals Court upheld a verdict issued against defendants accused of joining “Al-Wafa Islamic Party”. The first instance court had sentenced the first suspect to 10 years in prison and the second suspect to 7 years, revoked their citizenships and acquitted the third one of the charges brought against him.
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Life Term Sentence to 10 Defendants, Citizenship Revocation to 11 in “Nuwaidrat Warehouse” Case
2017-12-27
The Fourth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Khalifa Al-Dahrani issued life term sentences against 10 defendants accused in “Nuwaidrat warehouse” case.
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Court Refuses Objection of Inmate, Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Him over “Attacking Policeman”
2017-12-26
The Fourth High Criminal Court considered the objection of an inmate “32 years”, convicted of attacking policeman and sabotaging the room contents of an officer in “Jaw Prison”, void, for not attending the session. The suspect had been sentenced to 3 years in jail.
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Appeals: 15-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspect Accused of Burning Police Patrol in Adhari
2017-12-26
The Sixth High Criminal Court commuted the life term verdict issued against a suspect accused of attempting to murder two policemen and burning their patrol to 15 years in jail.
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Non-Bahraini Policeman Jailed for Five Years for Smuggling Drugs to Prisoner in Jaw Prison
2017-12-25
The first high criminal court in Bahrain sentenced both a non-Bahraini policeman and another person to five years imprisonment, also fining them 3,000 BD.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Verdict against Hajar Mansour, Her Son Sayed Nizar
2017-12-20
A Bahraini appeals court upheld on Wednesday (December 20, 2017) a verdict sentencing Hajar Mansour (49 years) and her son Sayed Nizar Nehme Al-Wadaei (19 years) to 3 years in prison. The court also sentenced Hajar Mansour’s nephew Mahmoud Marzouq (30 years) to one month in jail and 100 BD fine over a case of “putting hoax bomb in A’ali”.
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Appeal Court Upholds 10-Year Prison Term, Revokes Bahraini Citizenship of ISIS Militant Plotting to Target Interior Ministry Officers
2017-12-13
The High Court of Appeal (December 13, 2017) upheld on Wednesday a 10-year prison term for a member of the ISIS group, also revoking his nationality.
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Court Rejects Objection of Suspect Accused of Assembling in Karana, Upholds 5-Year Jail Verdict against Him
2017-12-09
The High Appeals Court rejected the objection of a convict sentenced to 5 years in prison, over charge of taking part in an assembly in Karana, for not attending the court’s sessions.
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Court Commutes Verdict of Bahraini Woman who Tried to Provide her Detained Bother with Narcotics
2017-12-05
The High Appeals Court commuted one-year jail verdict issued against a Bahraini woman, who tried to leak drugs to her detained brother, to six months only.
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Two and Three-Year Prison Terms Handed down to Seven Accused of “Assembling” in Bilad Al-Qadeem
2017-12-04
The fourth high criminal court sentenced five defendants to three years' imprisonment and two others to two years, over charges of taking part in an assembly and setting fire to tires in the Bilad Al-Qadeem area.