Q: Hi. I kept my passport as a guarantee for a friend in the public prosecution more than a year back. He left the country without telling me and hasn't come back into the country so far. In the meantime, verdicts were declared for his cases and he has to go to jail. So, he refuses to come back or settle the case. I am stuck here with my passport in court. I have tried setting up meetings with the public prosecutor but every time the online application gets rejected, even for a meeting with the public prosecutor. This has created a big issue for me and my family. Is there anything I can do to get my passport out?

Q: Assalaam Alaikum, My name is Syed Majid, I want to know some details about one case. I have kept my passport as a guarantor for one person in a bounced cheque case, this person has got 2 months jail but he has already left the country for more than 1 year. He was in contact for few days but now he is not in contact. Now, my passport is in Dubai Courts and my visa is getting expired next month. I am stuck here and I want to go back my country. I am an educated person and have given my passport with a good intention to help. Can you please help or suggest me to get my passport back? Thank you

Q: I submitted my passport as a guarantee of one person I know. But he ran away and the court announced a 6-month jail term for him. Now, I don't know where is he. So, please tell me what can I do. I need my passport.

س: لقد قدمت جواز سفري إلى النيابة العامة في دبي لكفالة صديقي في قضية شيك مرتجع ولم يحضر جلسته. أصدر القاضي حكمًا عليه بالسجن لمدة شهر، والآن أنا غير قادر على الاتصال به ولا أعرف ما إذا كان في الإمارات أم غادرها. كيف يمكنني استعادة جواز سفري لأنني أرغب في السفر إلى بلدي؟ هل هناك أي طريق للحصول على جواز سفري عن طريق دفع غرامة أو أي خيار آخر؟

س: صديقي يطلب مني أن أكون كفيلاً له في المنع من السفر. في هذه الحالة ما هي الإجراءات القانونية والمستندات المطلوبة من الكفيل؟ كما نرجو منكم توضيح العواقب.

Q: How to retrieve a passport that was submitted to the court as bail collateral for an individual's release due to the bank's unpaid loan amount? The court is unwilling to accept the borrower's passport, and there are no alternative parties willing to provide another passport as an exchange for the release of the initial one.

The law promulgates UAE Criminal Procedural Law (Penal Procedures Law) which governs criminal procedures in the UAE. This law applies to the procedures relating to offences whose punishments are not specified, dogma and punitive offences, and blood money, if they do not violate the Sharia rules.