Bahraini Obstruction of Judicial Enforcement

The Minor Criminal Court in Bahrain acquitted a Gulf national of the charge of obstructing the enforcement of a judicial ruling after it was revealed that she was not involved in the sale of the cars that were seized. She was informed by the enforcement officer that she had sold them as scrap some time ago. The defendant had a court ruling requiring her to pay money in a civil dispute. When enforcement procedures began, it was found that she did not have a bank account in Bahrain, so the officer requested an order to seize her vehicles. However, she told him she had sold them. The officer filed a criminal complaint against her after she informed him of the sale of the cars, and she was referred to court on charges of obstructing enforcement procedures. The court, however, confirmed that the evidence did not prove that the defendant deliberately hindered the enforcement, and that the absence of the vehicles did not constitute the elements of the crime. It also was not demonstrated whether the vehicles were sold before or after the lawsuit was filed, leading to the decision to acquit her.

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