A 34-year-old man, known was arrested in an ambush as he was exchanging a Kalashnikov assault rifle for 13 grams of the drug known as Ice (meth).

Due to lack of interest provisions, the High Administrative Court rejected a lawsuit, filed by a Bahraini lawyer, demanding the cancellation of the decisions and regulations issued by the General Directorate of Traffic regarding amending and increasing the traffic violation fines, claiming they violate the Constitution and law.

The Sixth High Appeals Court upheld sentencing 3 appellants to life in prison. The suspects are accused of attempted murder of 2 officers and 2 other policemen in Diraz, after alluring the policemen to a place where they planted a locally made bomb.

The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court upheld imprisoning a 25-year-old youth for 7 years and other two fugitive convicts sentenced to 10 years in prison over the charge of joining “Al-Wafa Party” and “recruiting individuals in it”, aiming at transferring money among its members to use it in subversive activities, protests and riots. The court also stripped the suspects of their citizenships and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Sixth High Appeals Court upheld the imprisonment of a convict out of 8 convicts accused of assembly and arson in Sadad. The court sentenced him to 3 years in prison over the charges brought against him.

The Sixth High Appeals Court upheld verdicts issued against 12 suspects accused of setting fire to tires and assembling in Al-Markh. The first instance court had sentenced 5 suspects to 3 years in prison and 7 others, who are under 18 year, to 2 years, over the same charge.

Traffic Prosecution President Hussain Al Buali said that the prosecution commenced its investigations in the traffic accident that happened on 25/9/2017 on Khalifa bin Salman Highway that resulted in killing of three citizens and caused damages to the property of others.

Former Minister Mansour bin Rajab paid 72000 BD pursuant to a court’s decision to immediacy pay the fine or else he will face imprisonment. However, it was not known whether he was released or is going to serve his 6-year jail term in cases related to checks without balance.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect to 3 years in prison and another suspect to 2 years over assembling and setting fire in Shahrakan.

The Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 3-year jail term to 3 defendants accused of blasting gas cylinder in Sitra.

The Supreme Court of Appeals sentenced a suspect to 5 years in prison after he was convicted along with 7 others of burning tires in Al-Himla.

The Fourth High Criminal Court today issued on Monday (June 19, 2017) death penalty sentence against the first suspect, life imprisonment against the second one and 3-year jail term against 7 others over Al-Ekr blast that claimed the life of Fakhriya Msallam. The court also revoked the citizenships of the two first suspects.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a life term verdict against a Bahraini who killed a citizen to take revenge for his cousin, who died in drug intake session with the killed man in Muharraq.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a Gulf man to 5 years in prison and 500 BD fine for using his firearm during a quarrel and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a verdict sentencing two appellants to 3 years in prison over assembling in Ras Rumman, burning car and bound them to pay 519 BD for the damages.

Bahraini High Court of Appeal upheld three-year sentence issued against two defendants over charges of setting fire to ATM at Al-Pearl Street in capital Manama.

The Fourth High Criminal Court acquitted two suspects of charges of assembling and setting fire in Al-Houra and sentenced two others to 6 months in prison.

The Sixth High Court of Appeals communed a verdict issued against 3 suspects accused of faking private documents and using smart card belonging to an Asian. The court commuted the sentence of 2 suspects from 5 to 2 years in prison and that of the third suspect to one year and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 15-year jail term against a suspect accused of planting a bomb in a bus for a company near Al-Budai police station and exploding it using a SIM card. The court also bound him along with another convict sentenced to 7 years in prison to pay 809 BD for the damages caused to the bus.

The Sixth High Court of Appeals commuted the sentence of a defendant accused of putting a hoax bomb in form of “teddy bear” in A’ali to one year in prison and upheld the confiscation of seized items.