Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1405

The crime of kidnapping provided for in Article 180 of the Penal Code. The criterion for its establishment. Merely removing the victim from the place from which he was kidnapped by one of the means referred to therein with the intention of committing any of the acts mentioned therein, including sexual intercourse and indecent assault. - An example of the judgment's negating criminal intent because the accused did not intend to remove the female victim from the place where she resided or sever her connection with her family, without recognising his intention to indecently assault her. An error in the application of the law.