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JUVENILE BURGLAR TO BE DEPORTED

An Umm Al Quwain police patrol team had apprehended the 15-year-old boy during a burglary attempt. He confessed to the crime during police interrogation. The Public Prosecution argued for his punishment as per the Islamic Shariah, Articles 388/1 and 434 of the Penal Procedures Code, and Article 15 of the Juvenile Code. The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of First Instance ordered the deportation of the boy. But the lawyer of the accused filed an appeal at the Ajman Court of Appeal, which dismissed the petition, on the ground that an appeal was legally not permissible in a deportation case such as this.

The lawyer, however, approached the Supreme Federal Court, claiming that the appeal court's verdict was invalid, as his plea was not just against the order for deportation, but to also establish the innocence of the boy.

The apex court stressed that Article 32/1 of the Federal Penal Code dealing with delinquent and homeless juveniles stipulated that sentences ruled against minors could not be appealed against if the ruling was for deportation, reprimand, or handing over of the accused to the guardian. Accordingly, the apex court dismissed the plea and upheld the verdict of the lower courts, which ordered the deportation of the boy.