Appeal
in Cassation No. 774 of 2019 Penal
Court
Panel: Presided by Judge Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Jarrah - Chief Judge of the
Circuit - with the membership of judges Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Qader and Abdul Hak
Ahmed Al Mulla.
Appeal
“of the judgments that shall not be appealed”. Public Prosecution.
Public order. Appeal. Court of Cassation “what is adhered
thereto”.
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The Court of Cassation shall not object to the contested judgment for the defect
of violation of the Law and erring in the implementation thereof, before making
sure that the appeal is permissible and accepted in the form.
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The Public Prosecution missed the right to appeal the judgment of the Court of
First Instance, as this judgment has the force of res judicata and the reversal
is then inadmissible as long as the judgment issued in the appeal confirms the
judgment of the Court of First Instance, and the Court shall rule
inadmissibility thereof sua sponte as it is related to public order.
Whereas
it is prescribed, in the jurisdiction of this Court, that the Court of Cassation
shall not object to the contested judgment for the defect of violation of the
Law and erring in the implementation thereof, before making sure that the appeal
is permissible and accepted in the form. Thus, it is also prescribed that if the
Public Prosecution missed the right to appeal the judgment of the Court of First
Instance, which is the normal way, then it may take the same to rectify the
error of implementation of the Law by the judgment, as this judgment has the
force of res judicata and the reversal is then inadmissible as long as the
appealed judgment issued upon the appeal that confirms the judgment of the Court
of First Instance, so if it takes this method of appeal then such appeal is
inadmissible and the Court shall rule inadmissibility thereof sua sponte as it
is related to public order.
Thus,
whereas it is proved in the records of the contested judgment and the rest of
the documents that the Public Prosecution did not appeal the judgment rendered
by the Court of First Instance but the Respondent appealed it alone, and the
contested appealed judgment had confirmed such judgment, then the appealed
judgment has the force of res judicata towards Public Prosecution, then the
appealed judgment confirming the same by cassation shall not be appealed in
cassation, then the current appeal is inadmissible and the Court shall rule its
inadmissibility sua sponte.
Whereas,
in the facts - as apparent in the contested judgment and the documents - the
Public Prosecution referred the Respondent to Penal Court stating that on
30/05/2019 at Ajman Directorate,
he
acquired alcoholic beverages as described and of which the quantity is stated in
the documents, with the intent of personal use and offering to others without
obtaining a permit thereof from the competent authority, as stated in the
investigations.
It
required its punishment according to Article 313 bis 2 of the Federal Penal Code
and its amendments.
The
Court of First Instance ruled, in the presence of the parties, at the hearing of
04/07/2019, to sentence him for imprisonment of one month and payment of a fine
of ten thousand Dirhams for the accusation assigned thereto, and confiscation of
the seized goods and of the vehicle no. .............. private Ajman B, and to
deport him from the State after execution of the penalty, compelling him to pay
the lawsuit fees of AED fifty.
The
losing party appealed under appeal no. 897 of 2019 Appeal Penal Ajman, and at
the hearing of 05/08/2019, the Court of Appeal ruled confirmation.
The
Public Prosecution did not accept the judgment and it appealed it under the
current appeal, objecting to the contested judgment for nullification due to the
contradicting reasons, which consists an essential violation of the rules of
drafting judgments.
Whereas
this appeal
is inadmissible, as it is prescribed, in the jurisdiction of this Court, that
the Court of Cassation shall not object to the contested judgment for the defect
of violation of the Law and erring in the implementation thereof, before making
sure that the appeal is permissible and accepted in the form.
Thus
,
it is also
prescribed that if the Public Prosecution missed the right to appeal the
judgment of the Court of First Instance, which is the normal way, then it may
take the same to rectify the error of implementation of the Law by the judgment,
as this judgment has the force of res judicata and the reversal is then
inadmissible as long as the appealed judgment issued upon the request of the
appeal confirms the judgment of the Court of First Instance, so if it takes this
method of appeal then such appeal is inadmissible and the Court shall rule
inadmissibility thereof sua sponte as it is related to public
order.
Thus
,
whereas it
is proved in the records of the contested judgment and the rest of the documents
that the Public Prosecution did not appeal the judgment rendered by the Court of
First Instance but the Respondent appealed it alone, and the contested appealed
judgment had confirmed such judgment, then the appealed judgment has the force
of res judicata towards Public Prosecution, then the appealed judgment
confirming the same by cassation shall not be appealed in cassation, then the
current appeal is inadmissible and the Court shall rule its inadmissibility sua
sponte.