Kannur native caught in criminal case, Yab Legal Services CEO Salam Pappinissery intervened

Dubai: The Dubai Criminal Court has ruled that Dinil Dinesh (29), a native of Kannadiparamba Malot, Kannur, is not guilty in the case filed by his Jordanian employer. He was also named as a defendant in the case filed by a leading automation company in Dubai, alleging that he was aiding and abetting the fraud committed by a former employee.

The incident in question took place in 2022. Dinil was working as an assistant to the first accused in this case and a former employee of the same company. In the meantime, the first accused, a native of Bangalore, resigned from the company. However, the company alleged that Dinil, who faced difficulties at work, kept in touch with the first accused and accepted help in his work by handing over the company's email ID and password to him. In the meantime, the first accused misused the company's email ID and created a fake document in the company's name and obtained an expensive phone from Du Telecommunications. The employer, who came to know about the information, filed a complaint against Dinil and the two at the Jebel Ali Police Station.

Based on the complaint, the police investigated the case and filed a charge sheet against Dinil as the second accused for aiding the first accused in the case. The first instance court that considered the case found Dinil guilty on the grounds that he had been in contact with the first accused, had shared the company's email and password, and had also given testimony from another employee of the company. It sentenced him to a fine of 1.5 lakh dirhams (33 lakh Indian rupees), three months in prison, and deportation. With this, Dinil, who was in financial and mental crisis, approached several law firms regarding the case, but after demanding huge lawyer fees, he was unable to file the case and finally approached Salam Pappinissery, CEO of Yab Legal Services in the UAE. He then took up the case, provided free legal aid to Dinil, and filed a petition against the decision of the first instance court in the Court of Appeal through UAE-based lawyer Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Suwaidi.

The court explained that the case against Dinil was filed in the Court of Appeal only on the basis of the statement of the company owner, but no specific evidence or justification was submitted by the company, and that the court had sentenced him based on the fact that the complainant was an employee of the company's information technology department. In addition, the lawyer pointed out that the first defendant's previous experience in the company indicated that the first defendant was capable of committing this crime on his own without anyone's help.

The company has not presented any sufficient evidence that the accused Dinil committed the crime or that he was the one who activated the mail. Therefore, under Article 217 of the Criminal Procedure Code, if a person is sentenced, the reasons for each judgment must be included, otherwise it is invalid, the lawyer argued in the court.

The two sides argued against each other more than ten times in the case. The company authorities were unable to give a proper reply to the lawyer's arguments. Then, after examining the arguments of both parties, the appellate court understood the facts of the case and found Dinil innocent. The appellate court then ordered that he be acquitted of all charges and released.