A man and a woman who physically assaulted each other will spend a month in jail and will jointly pay a total of Dh11,200 in fines, a court has ruled.
The man, identified as M.M., was dating the woman J.M. who was married to another man. J.M. has been secretly seeing M.M. behind her husband's back; they even went to a vacation together, according to M.M.'s testimony.
One day the "couple" had a small argument that developed to loud shouting and ended with them beating each other up.
The Abu Dhabi criminal court sentenced M.M. and J.M. to a month in jail and a Dh100 each for beating each other up. The court also accused M.M. of urging J.M. to have an illicit affair and ordered him to pay a Dh1,000 fine. The court also accused them of indecently gesturing in public and sentenced them to pay a Dh5,000 each.
J.M. appealed, she said she was wrongly accused with indecently gesturing in public. The Federal Supreme Court turned down J.M.'s appeal and upheld the ruling.
What do you think of this rule?
. I heard about a couple that got caught "frolicking" outside somewhere and were given the choice of 6 months in jail or get married.
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