The Federal Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Public Prosecution against a ruling that acquitted a Pakistani person of promoting a 500-dirham counterfeit currency and bringing it into the state.
The police arrested the accused, after trying to make a transfer to his country inside a money exchange shop, where the employee discovered that the banknotes provided by the accused forged.
After being caught, the defendant denied knowing that the money he was carrying was forged, admitting that someone he knew in Pakistan had given him the papers to transfer to him from the state after he understood that he intended to take advantage of the currency exchange rate difference, and that he did not know that it was Forged.
The Federal Supreme Court reassured the authenticity of the defendant's statements, indicating that the defendant went to a money exchange company to transfer the amount as he used in previous times, and therefore he knows for sure that it has the equipment, expertise and specialists in detecting counterfeit currency, even if the defendant intends to circumvent it to promote it in shops with people who cannot In addition to the decision of the witness working at the Exchange Center that the accused is registered in the exchange company system and that he is accustomed to the Center, leading to the conclusion that he finds his usual support of the nature of things that if the accused knew that he was carrying And Raca forged to guide them to another place does not know his person and his statements, nor obtain it as soon as he escaped, he finds justified his fear after being surprised by the amount of cash a false and informed him that the employee will be reported to the police.
The public prosecutor referred the defendant to the court on charges of promoting counterfeit currency circulated legally in the state, namely six 500 dirham banknotes, where he put it to circulation as valid with the knowledge of its imitation, and introduced himself to the state counterfeit currencies with knowledge of their imitation, demanding punishment.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the defendant was acquitted of what was attributed to him, and the Public Prosecution did not accept this judiciary, which challenged him, explaining that the verdict ruled that the defendant was acquitted of the charge against him despite being proven against him, pointing out that the court ignored the defendant's escape from the exchange place after discovering his order.
The Federal Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the Public Prosecutor, explaining that the decision to indulge in acts relating to counterfeiting of currency in circulation, whether in terms of its imitation, possession or promotion, is that the perpetrator knew at the time of any of these acts that the currency promoted, treated or acquired He has the intent to promote or deal with it, fakes it and put it up for trading as correct.
It is also decided that the lesson in criminal trials is the conviction of the court on the basis of the evidence before it, and it can extract from the data and the circumstances and elements before it the correct image of the case of the case leads to conviction and certainty and put forward what it does not convince other forms.