The Dubai Prosecution has appealed the acquittal of an Imam accused of sexual assault of an 8-year-old boy.
The Court of Appeal had overturned a three-year jail term awarded by the Court of First Instance to the 26-year-old Indian man, ZH, who sexually exploited a boy whom he taught Quran.
The Dubai Prosecution on Tuesday referred the case to the Court of Cassation. A date of hearing is yet to be fixed.
In its acquittal of the Imam, the Court of Appeal had on August 29 observed the lack of evidence to prove a sexual assault while the charges where based on the allegations that the man hugged and kissed the boy on his forehead.
The court had said kissing a student is a gesture of encouragement and not sexual advance.
In the complaint that led to the arrest and prosecution of the Imam, the boy's father had earlier accused him of taking advantage of his absence to sexually assault his son.
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