Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 134

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

English translation of the principle

The requirement that legal truths in criminal matters be. The requirement that they be based on actual certainty. Establishing them through conjecture and assumptions. Is not valid. Example. - Police inquiries. Cannot alone constitute primary evidence establishing the charge. The reason therefor: they are the opinion of the person conducting them, which may be right or wrong. - 145 - Criminal Procedures and Trials
Arabic original
وجوب أن تكون الحقائق القانونية في المواد الجزائية. وجوب قيامها على يقين فعلي. أخذها بالظنون والافتراضات. لا يصح. مثال. - تحريات الشرطة. لا تصلح وحدها لأن تكون دليلاً أساسياً على ثبوت الاتهام. علة ذلك: أنها رأي لمجريها يحتمل الصحة أو الخطأ. - ١٤٥ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٣/٢٠٠٧ جزائي جلسة ١٤/٧/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٥٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 145. PDF pages: 138.

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