Saturday 23/November/2024 – 02:37 PM
The First Circuit submitted to the Giza Criminal Court of Appeal, held at the Zeinhom Courts Complex, the merits of upholding the imprisonment of festival singer Issam Sassa in Case No. 6735 of 2024, accusing him of possessing the drug hashish with the intention of using it.
Reasons for imprisoning Issam Sasa
The decision was issued under the chairmanship of Counselor Ibrahim Lamloum Abdel Wahab, with the membership of Counselors Sameh Ramzy Muhammad and Suleiman Fouad Gabriel, and in the presence of Ahmed Tariq Tira, Deputy Public Prosecutor, and Sharif Samir Rasmi’s secretariat.
The court revealed in the merits of the ruling that the accused, on May 6, 2024, in the Talbiyah Police Department, possessed, with the intention of consuming, substances of methamphetamine, amphetamine, and hashish, which was proven by the chemical laboratory report. It was proven by the chemical laboratory report that the defendant’s urine and blood samples contained products of hashish, tramadol, amphetamine, and methamphetamine. .
The accused, Issam Sasa, was referred to the Criminal Court of First Instance, which issued a ruling punishing him with imprisonment for 6 months with labor, fining him 10,000 pounds, confiscating the seized drug, and obligating him to pay the costs. Since this ruling was not acceptable to the accused, he appealed against it with the present appeal, according to a report filed on August 13, 2024, requesting that the ruling be accepted. The appeal, in form and substance, is to cancel the appealed ruling and acquit the accused of what was charged against him.
This appeal was heard before the court, and at the trial session, the accused appeared and protested in denial, and the defense present with him explained the circumstances and circumstances of the case and requested acquittal, based on the argument that the procedures were invalid for taking the accused’s sample and analyzing it for examination on a legal basis and not amending the chemical laboratory report and what was stated in the analysis, because there was no case of flagrante delicto. The accused did not show signs of drug use when the incident occurred.
The court’s rationale in the case of Issam Sasa continued: Issam Sasa’s defense ended with a request to accept the appeal in form and in substance by canceling the appealed ruling and acquitting the accused of what was charged against him, and since the court reviewed the present appeal and it became clear to it that he swore an oath on time and fulfilled his formal conditions and legal requirements, and therefore he is acceptable in form.
The court examined the documents of that case with insight and insight, as well as the circumstances of the case, its circumstances, and the evidence presented by the Public Prosecution regarding the validity and validity of the accusation attributed to the accused Issam Sasa, and it considers that the ruling was issued correctly and conformed to the correct law for the reasons on which it was based. Therefore, the court refers to it and makes it the basis of its ruling and does not This is impugned by the denial of the accused, Issam Sasa.
Hence, the statement on does not agree with the law, and what was argued by Issam Sasa’s defense was based on no evidence that the court ignores, just as it ignores the rest of the defenses, as they are objective defenses, and the court, in responding to them, depends on its reassurance of the evidence proving the case, and its sufficiency of the matter it deems appropriate. The court accepted the appeal in form and on the merits by upholding the appealed ruling and obligated the appellant to pay expenses. For these reasons, the court decided in its presence to accept the appeal in form and on the merits by rejecting it and upholding the ruling issued against Essam. Sosa.
