Judge rules defendant cannot be tried twice over the same rental agreement disputeThe First Minor Criminal Court cancelled a BD200 fine imposed on a defendant in a bounced cheque case after ruling that the matter had already been settled by a final court judgment. Although a criminal order fined him BD200, he challenged the decision, arguing that the cheques were part of the same rental agreement and had already been examined in an earlier case. After reviewing the evidence, the court found that both cases involved the same parties, the same transaction, and the same cause of action. The court ruled that multiple cheques issued on the same day for the same transaction constitute a single criminal offence and cannot be prosecuted in separate cases. The objection was accepted, and the criminal order imposing the BD200 fine was cancelled.