Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1643

An investigative stop is a measure taken by a police officer to investigate offences and identify their perpetrators. It is warranted by suspicion justified by the circumstances. It is permissible for a police officer whenever a person voluntarily and of his own choosing places himself in a position of suspicion and doubt indicating a necessity requiring intervention by the officer making the stop to investigate him and ascertain his true circumstances. - The attempt by the appellant and the other convicted person to flee in the vehicle he was driving immediately upon seeing the two police officers. A justification for stopping them. The plea that the stop was invalid. Manifestly invalid. The judgment’s failure to address it with specific grounds. Does not vitiate it. The reason for this. - 456 - Criminal Procedures and Trials