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Federal Supreme Court - Criminal Appeal No. 425 of 2024 on Insufficient Reasoning in Conviction

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

Federal Supreme Court

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

Official Link

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Session on Tuesday, December 17 2024

Headed by Judge Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mulla, “Head of the Department” and with the membership of Judges Khaled Mustafa Hassan and Islam Abdelhady Al-Deeb

 

(1-3) Criminal Procedures ‘Courts and Judgement: Issuance of the judgement How the judgement is reasoned. Court ‘Trial court: Its authority to understand the facts of the case. Crimes and Punishments ‘Violations related to religious beliefs and practices’

 

(1) The trial court has the authority to understand the facts in the criminal case. Its judgement of conviction must include the reasons on which it is based, including the punishable fact, the circumstances of its occurrence, the text of the applicable law, the fulfilment of its elements, and the significance of the evidence on which it relied.

 

(2) The violation of promoting immoral behaviour, what it is and what it is not.

 

(3) The appealed decision convicting the appellant of the violation related to religious beliefs without stating the facts and circumstances sufficient to prove the existence of the elements of the violation, but only in gen...