He borrowed it for the maintenance of the building and refused to return it

A young man must return 400,000 dirhams to his ex-fiancée

Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance obligated a young man to return an amount of 400,000 dirhams to a girl he had borrowed from her during their engagement, and after the engagement was annulled, he refused to return the amount to her.

In the details, a girl filed a lawsuit in which she explained that a young man had submitted to her marriage, then asked her for a loan of 400,000 dirhams for the maintenance of his building, provided that he would return the amount after marriage, and the girl deposited the amount in his account in a bank, but the marriage project was not completed, so she asked him to return the amount, but he Refusal.

And demanded to compel the young man to return the amount of 400 thousand dirhams with a 12% delay interest from the date of filing the case until full payment, and compensation in the amount of 50 thousand dirhams for the damages suffered and withhold the amount.

She supported her lawsuit with a photocopy of a receipt for the transfer of the amount of 400 thousand dirhams to the young man’s account, and a photocopy of the plaintiff’s temporary account statement showing the transfer of the amount from an account to an account, while the young man submitted an answer note in which he ended up rejecting the case for lack of validity and proof.

During the hearings of the case, the young man decided that he handed the girl in the car an amount of 400,000 dirhams in cash for her dowry, and the engagement was canceled by the girl due to a disagreement between them, and after the engagement was annulled, the amount was deposited in his account.

While the girl confirmed that she did not receive the dowry from the defendant, and that she had witnesses that the engagement took place at a date later than the date on which he claimed that he delivered the dowry to her. Between them, checks are taken, and the checks are scanned.

The young man mentioned that the checks are not from his checkbook, and the signature is not his signature, and the court addressed the bank to indicate whether the account belonged to the young man and the check book shown as a copy of it, and the statement came from the bank that the account and the check book belong to the young man.

The court confirmed in the merits of the ruling, that the plaintiff presented a statement of transferring the amount of 400 thousand dirhams from her account to the young man’s account, and the latter did not deny that and a dispute came between the two parties over the reason for the transfer, and the two parties acknowledged that the engagement took place at a later date to the date the defendant mentioned that he had presented the dowry. Of the plaintiff, and there are no witnesses he has regarding her handing over the dowry and he does not have any documents that show that he withdrew the amount.

She pointed out that the young man’s claim that the amount is savings and that he paid it in cash is a statement that contradicts the reality of logic and custom, and that the dowry is presented after the engagement is formally completed, and the court ruled to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff an amount of 400,000 dirhams and interest at 5% annually From the date of the judicial claim, not exceeding the principal of the debt, with obliging the young man to pay the fees and expenses and rejecting all other requests.

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