consultation

Presented by lawyer Youssef Al-Bahr.

• In the event that a problem occurred between me and someone, and that person deliberately harms himself, then he brought a medical report of that, and he went to the police, and claimed that I had assaulted him, and caused him these injuries, what should I do?

How can I prove my truth?

And if I cannot do that, what will be the charge and what is the penalty for me?

(Ml)

- According to the general legal principles, the burden of proof rests on the plaintiff. Therefore, the statements of the plaintiff and the medical report, according to the rulings of the higher courts, and if they are evidence of the occurrence of the injury, it is not evidence that the accused is the one who caused it.

The accused in this case may deny his connection to the incident and prove his presence in another place, or prove, with the testimony of witnesses, the incorrectness of the accusation. Article No. 339 of the Penal Code, which states that “Any person who assaults the integrity of someone else’s body by any means shall be punished with imprisonment and a fine, and the assault leads to his illness or his inability to perform his personal work for a period of more than 20 days.”

The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding 10 thousand dirhams, if the result of the assault does not reach the degree of seriousness mentioned in the previous paragraph.

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