Police had heard a loud noise from a motorcycle.
A 17-year-old Emirati boy has been sentenced to six months in jail and fined Dh5,000 by the Sharjah Criminal Court for breaking the hand of a police officer after the cop warned him against driving a noisy motorcycle.
The teenager pleaded not guilty to the charges during the court hearing presided over by Judge Mohamood Abu Baker.
The injured police officer earlier testified that it all started when the Sharjah Police traffic patrol team touring the Al Shahba area heard loud noise which came from a motorcycle being driven by a boy.
Since it is a residential area where noise is forbidden and punishable, the cops chased the biker, the police officer said.
Rude refusal
After the motorcycle stopped in front of a house, the cop asked the teenager to give him the keys of the bike. But the boy refused and spoke rudely to him, the policeman said. The cop added that he did not intend to confiscate the bike, but only wanted to instruct the boy and warn him that law forbids driving recklessly and nosily in residential areas.
But the defendant did not give him any chance. The policeman stated that he asked the accused to present his identity card, but he flatly refused. When the policeman put his hand on the motorcycle, the teenager hit his hand and held him by his arm. The cop reportedly later went to the hospital, only to find his hand broken.
Another police officer, who witnessed the incident, said that he and his colleague were monitoring the area when they heard noise emitted by a motorcycle. "We followed the biker, who parked his vehicle outside his house," he said. "The defendant tried to stop my colleague from performing his duty and hit him."
The lawyer of the accused, Mai bin Naseeb, said her client had parked his bike in front of his uncle's house and he did not cause any kind of noise or chaos. She added the police patrol had received information about noise from some other area. When the police officers came to the area where the bike stood, they made a bid to take it away. Right then, the boy came out and argued with the cops - who tried to snatch the keys from him.
False testimony
The lawyer said her client is lean and thin and can't match the strength of the policeman. She wondered how can such a boy break the hand of a well-built cop! She rubbished the policeman's testimony, dubbing it as "false".
During the court hearing, the colleague of the injured policeman has confessed that his hand was broken before the incident, the lawyer pointed out. She said that it is not a criminal offence and the case should be referred to the misdemeanor court.
The court judgment can be appealed within 15 days.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
