Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2065

Offenses of bodily harm whose penalty does not exceed imprisonment for five years. The victim may pardon the accused or reconcile with him. - Reconciliation or pardon granted by the victim. Its effect. It produces the same effects as a judgment of acquittal. - The lawful guardian of a minor or absent person may reconcile with or pardon the accused. - The judgment’s disregard of the lawful guardian’s waiver. Renders it defective. Example.