Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1753

The offenses of battery causing severe bodily pain and entering a dwelling with intent to commit an offense. Among the offenses exhaustively listed in Article 240 of Criminal Procedures and Trials. Settlement and individual pardon are permissible therein. The request for pardon in respect thereof must be accepted and the appellate judgment reversed. The effect of this. The lapse of the appellate judgment and its being deemed nonexistent in respect thereof, and the appeal lodged in respect thereof being deemed lapsed. - 481 - Criminal Procedures and Trials (2) Challenging judgments First: Characterization of the judgment:-