A WhatsApp message to a girl costs a young man 30 thousand dirhams

An offensive message sent by a young man to a girl via WhatsApp cost 30,000 dirhams, and he was deprived of using information technology means for two months. He was criminally punished for insulting the victim, with an amount of 10,000 dirhams, while the Al Ain Court of Civil, Commercial and Administrative Claims ruled obliging him to pay the girl 20,000 dirhams in moral compensation.

In the details, a girl filed a lawsuit against a young man in which she demanded that he be obliged to pay her compensation in the amount of 100 thousand dirhams for the moral, psychological and moral damages that she suffered, while obligating him to pay fees, expenses and attorney’s fees, noting that the defendant directed at her via the “WhatsApp” application cursing and slandering expressions that included words that affected her honor and prestige, so she filed a report regarding the incident, according to which he was referred to the criminal trial and it was decided. He was convicted of the crime of insulting using an information technology means and fined an amount of 10 thousand dirhams, and deprived of the use of information technology means for two months, while the defendant submitted a defense memorandum at the conclusion of which he requested that the case be dismissed. For its part, the court clarified in the merits of its ruling that according to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure: the criminal judgment issued in the criminal case of acquittal or conviction is valid before the civil courts, while it has detailed a necessary chapter in the occurrence of the act that constitutes the common basis between the civil and criminal cases, and in The legal description of this act and its attribution to its perpetrator, noting that what is proven in the papers is that the plaintiff based her case on the insulting and defamatory statements that the defendant made to her via the WhatsApp application. In that incident, a criminal ruling was issued convicting the defendant of the crime of insulting using an information technology means, and punishing him with a fine and deprivation from using information technology means for two months. That ruling has become final according to what is proven in the Public Prosecution’s testimony attached to the papers. Regarding the request for compensation, the court indicated that this error resulted from it. The plaintiff suffered moral and moral damage, represented by the psychological pain, social embarrassment, and violation of her dignity, and considering it as a result of the words directed at her by the defendant, for which she deserves compensation. The court ruled to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff an amount of 20 thousand dirhams, fined him an amount of 10 thousand dirhams, and deprived him of the use of information technology means for two months, according to the reasons stated, while requiring him to pay the fees and expenses of the lawsuit.