Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1331

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The judgment's rejection of the appellant's plea of the invalidity of his arrest, based on its confidence in the statements of the two prosecution - 395 - Criminal Procedures and Trials witnesses that they arrested him after observing him, upon stopping the vehicle in which he was riding, in an abnormal condition indicating his use of a narcotic, and after they saw a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette which he voluntarily admitted to them he possessed for the purpose of use. Sound. The complaint that it erred in law. Has no basis.
Arabic original
إطراح الحكم دفع الطاعن ببطلان القبض عليه تأسيساً على اطمئنانه لأقوال شاهدي - ٣٩٥ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية الإثبات بأنهما قبضا عليه بعد مشاهدته إثر استيقاف السيارة التي يستقلها بحالة غير طبيعية تنبئ عن تعاطيه مخدراً وبعد إبصارهما لفافة تبغ يدوية أقر لهما طواعية بحيازتها بقصد التعاطي. سائغ. النعي عليه بالخطأ في القانون. لا محل له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٩٣/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٢٩/٤/٢٠٠٣ القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث عشر ص٤١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 395. PDF pages: 388–389.

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