Bahraini lawyer convicted of fabricating court ruling

TDT | Manama

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A Bahraini lawyer was sentenced to five years in prison by the High Criminal Court on Monday for forgery.

He faced charges of fabricating a civil court ruling to facilitate the transfer of property ownership from two individuals to a real estate company. The 41-year-old man pleaded not guilty, denying any wrongdoing. According to case records, the Public Prosecution alleged that the lawyer fabricated a court ruling, purportedly issued by the High Civil Court on October 21, 2024.

The prosecution claimed he created a false ruling, mimicking genuine rulings, and used it knowingly by sending it to a representative of the real estate company and presenting it to the individuals involved in the property transaction.

A key witness, the head of legal affairs at the Ministry of Justice, testified that a designated individual submitted the forged ruling in a case brought by the real estate company against the two property owners and the Land Registry.

The ruling, falsely claiming the validity of a preliminary sale agreement, was intended to prompt the Land Registry to approve the property transfer.

However, subsequent verification with the Ministry of Justice revealed the ruling to be fraudulent; the numbers cited belonged to other cases, and the court supposedly issuing the ruling was not in session on the date indicated in either 2023 or 2024.