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Appeals Court Issues 15-Year Jail Verdict against Suspect Accused of Burning ATM in Salmabad
2017-05-12
The High Criminal Court rejected the objection of a suspect sentenced to 15 years in prison over the charge of burning an ATM in Salmabad, for not appearing before the court.
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Child Receives 6-Month Jail Term over Assembling and Putting Hoax Bomb in A’ali
2017-05-12
The High Criminal court sentenced a child to 6 months in prison over assembling and putting hoax bomb in A’ali and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Appeals Court Issues Life Term Sentence against Suspect over Carrying out Blast in Sitra Gas Station
2017-05-11
The Supreme Court of Appeals rejected the objection of a suspect sentenced to whole life prison term for not appearing before the court.
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Court Sentences 12 Suspects to 7 Years in Prison, 2 Other to 3 Years over “Attacking Sitra Police Station”
2017-05-11
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 12 suspects to 7 years in prison over attacking Sitra police station with Molotov and putting hoax bomb. The court also sentenced 2 suspects (who are under 18 years) to 3 years in prison, bound all the suspects to pay 212.5 BD for the damages caused to the station and ordered the confiscation of the hoax bomb and the Molotov.
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3-Year Jail Term Handed down to Defendant, 6-Month Jail Term to 2 Others over Burning Tires
2017-05-10
The Supreme Court of Appeals rejected the objection of a suspect who is sentenced to 3 years in prison and commuted the 3-year jail term issued against 2 others to 6 months over an arson case.
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Appeals Court Sentences 2 Suspects to One Year in Prison over Burning Tires in Al-Malikiya
2017-05-10
The Supreme Court of Appeals accepted the rejections of two appellants and commuted their 2-year jail verdict to one year over arson case in Al-Malikiya.
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Appeals Court Upholds Execution of Maher Al-Khabbaz, Life Term Sentence against 2 & 10-Year Jail Term against 6 Others
2017-05-10
The Supreme Court of Appeals issued its verdict in the case overturned by the cassation court, accepted, unanimously, the appeals of Maher Abbas (Al-Khabbaz) in form and upheld the death sentence issued against him over killing a policeman in Al-Sahla.
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Appeals: 3-Year Jail Verdict against 4 Suspects Accused of Al-Daih Blast
2017-05-10
The Supreme Court of Appeals rejected the appeals of a suspect and that of 4 other appellants and upheld sentencing them to 3 years in prison over a case linked to injuring an officer in Al-Daih Blast.
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Appeals Court: Sentences Ranging between 3&10 Years in Prison against Suspects Accused of Diraz Blast
2017-05-08
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance verdict issued against 2 appellants, sentencing one to 3 years in prison and another one to 10 years. Meanwhile, the court commuted the sentence of a defendant from 10 to 5 years in prison in a case that contains 32 suspects related to Diraz blast.
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Appeals Court: Life Term Sentence and 15-Year Jail Term Issued against 2 Defendants over Attempted Murder of Policemen
2017-05-06
The Supreme Court of Appeals presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and secretariat of Naji Abdullah commuted a life term sentence of an appellant to 15 years and upheld a whole life sentence against another.
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Court Issues 5-Year Jail Term against Defendant over Beating Policeman in Al-Dair
2017-05-05
Bahrain's Court sentenced a defendant (20 years) to 5 years over beating a first lieutenant.
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Appeals Court Sentences 3 Defendants to 5 Years in Prison over Burning Tires in Sehla
2017-05-05
The Sixth High Court of Appeals upheld a verdict issued against 3 appellants sentencing them to 5 years in prison over burning tires in Sheikh Salman Street.
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Court Hands down 10-Year Jail Term to Defendant, 5-Year Jail Term to 10 Others over Beating Youth in Diraz Claiming he is "Informant"
2017-05-04
Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison and 10 others to 5 years (because they are under 18) over torturing a youth in Diraz.
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Court Hands down 10-Year Jail Term to Defendant, 5-Year Jail Term to 10 Others over Beating Youth in Diraz Claiming he is “Informant”
2017-05-04
Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison and 10 others to 5 years (because they are under 18) over torturing a youth in Diraz.
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Court Commutes Sentences of 11 Defendants, Upholds Verdict against Others over Attempted Murder of Officer & Policeman
2017-04-29
Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance verdict sentencing 5 suspects to 15 years in prison and commuted the sentence of others to 10 years in prison over attempting to kill an officer and policeman in Diraz.
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Court Acquits Defendant of Putting Explosive Body, Convicts him of Planting Hoax Bomb
2017-04-28
A Bahraini court sentenced a defendant to 5 years in prison over putting a hoax bomb in Isa Town and acquitted him of attempting to blast a real bomb and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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3-Year Jail Term and 50.000 BD Fine to 2 Bahrainis in Emirates
2017-04-26
An Emirati court sentenced on Wednesday (April 26, 2017) two Bahrainis, Abbas Ahmad Marzooq, 37 years, and Ali Hassan Al-Hinni, 37 years, to 3 years in prison and 500.000 Dirham (about 50.000 BD) fine over publishing footage on social media outlets.
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Court Upholds 7-Year Jail Term against 9 Youths, including Brother of Martyr Al-Damestani
2017-04-24
The First High Criminal Court upheld on Monday (April 24, 2017) a verdict issued against 9 youths from Diraz, sentencing them to 7 years in prison over burning tires on Al-Budai Street. Meanwhile, the court commuted the verdict issued against 3 youths over the same case, sentencing one to 2 years in prison and 2 others to 3 years.
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2&7-Year Jail Term Handed down to 3 Defendants Accused of Escaping Dry Dock Prison
2017-04-21
Bahrain’s Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect to 7 years in prison and 2 others, who escaped with him from dry dock detention center, to 2 years.
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Appeals Court Upholds 6-Month Imprisonment for 63-Year-Old over Assembly Charges
2017-04-20
The Second High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the 6-month prison verdict against 63 year old Bahraini over charges of assembly in Manama.