The Fifth High Criminal Appeals Court commuted a 10-year jail term issued against a Bahraini, accused on joining “Saraya Al-Mokhtar” and attempting to kill a police officer through shooting him in Sitra, to 5 years.

The Fourth High Criminal Court issued 3-year jail term against a suspect accused of assembling, burning tires and attacking policemen in Al-Dair.

The Public Prosecution has remanded three people in custody for seven days pending investigation for misusing social media websites.

The Fourth High Criminal Court issued 7-year jail term against 8 suspects accused of setting security patrol to fire in A’ali. It also sentenced a suspect to 3 years in jail because he is under 18 years old, bound the suspects to pay 14077 BD for the damages caused to the ministry of interior’s car and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

Bahraini Military Court of Cassation looked into the appeals filed in case in which civilians were accused of plotting to assassinate Military Commander Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

Bahraini High Court of Appeals decided to commute penalty of a defendant, accused of assaulting a policeman, to six months in prison instead of one year.

The executing judge agreed to replace a 2-month jail term issued against a television presenter with an act of community service after the second high criminal court rejected his appeal for submitting it after the due date.

The First High Criminal Court convicted a Bahraini who kidnapped a 5-year old girl while she was in her mother’s car in Al-Houra and attempting to sexually harass her.

The High Appeals Court upheld verdict against 5 appellants accused of assembling, burning tires, and attacking police in southern Al-Sahla. A first instance court had sentenced 2 defendants to 2 years in prison and 3 defendants to 1 year.

The Fourth Criminal High Court in Bahrain began the trial of 10 defendants, accused of forming a group called the Secret Intelligence Agency for the Bahraini Revolution, abbreviated with SIA.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 5 suspects to 3 years in prison over putting fake bomb in Jid Ali and ordered the confiscation of the seized body.

Cassation Court rejected on Monday (March 19, 2018) an urgent request demanding to stop the dissolution of National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad), the second largest opposing political society in the country, and adjourned that case until the technical office issues its report.

The Second High Criminal Court upheld 5-year jail term and deportation of an Arab accountant who demanded 30.000 BD bribe in return for exporting a copy from the expert assigned in one of conflict cases about big mall.

The Fifth High Criminal Court of Appeals ruled against an appeal of a defendant sentenced to one year in prison among others over charges of placing a fake bomb in Bani Jamra, and sentenced to one year in prison for possession of explosives in his home.

Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of a Bahraini youth accused of planting fake bomb on Sheikh Zayed Street until April 24.

High Criminal Court in Bahrain decided to renew the detention of unionist who has close ties to the government, Ali Al-Binali, for 10 additional days on charges of fraud.

The Lawyers Disciplinary Board issued a decision stating that the Board decided to prevent a practicing lawyer from practicing law for three months.

The Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of 3 defendants accused of attempting to blast Buri oil pipeline last February to April 10 for pleading.

Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowment Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said that the number of cases brought by telecommunication companies in Bahrain against individuals reached 9006 within the past 3 years.

The Fifth High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a life sentence verdict against Bahraini accused along with 5 others of planting locally manufactured bomb inside a bucket at Ma’ameer village entrance to target policemen situated there. However, the bomb didn’t explode.