Court acquits three
Web posted at: 8/8/2009 1:51:4
Source ::: The Peninsula
DOHA: A criminal court here has acquitted three young men who were accused of eating in public during Ramadan last year on grounds that the evidence produced to prove them guilty was insufficient.
The trio was also charged with consuming alcohol despite being Muslims and the court found at least two of them guilty. Blood samples of the accused were taken by the police after they were caught. While the blood test of one of them was positive, the second accused tested negative. He was acquitted. The third accused refused to give sample of his blood for test, so the court found him guilty too. The court sentenced the duo to two months in jail and ordered that they be also given lashing for drinking as per the Islamic law.
Court acquits three
Web posted at: 8/8/2009 1:51:4
Source ::: The Peninsula
DOHA: A criminal court here has acquitted three young men who were accused of eating in public during Ramadan last year on grounds that the evidence produced to prove them guilty was insufficient.
The trio was also charged with consuming alcohol despite being Muslims and the court found at least two of them guilty. Blood samples of the accused were taken by the police after they were caught. While the blood test of one of them was positive, the second accused tested negative. He was acquitted. The third accused refused to give sample of his blood for test, so the court found him guilty too. The court sentenced the duo to two months in jail and ordered that they be also given lashing for drinking as per the Islamic law.
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