Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2079

Conviction of the respondent for the two offences of assault resulting in severe bodily pain and striking in a perceptible manner. The judgment’s recording, in its text, of acceptance of the victim’s pardon based on submission of a notarised declaration pardoning the two offences in which settlement is permissible. The import of this. The court’s examination of that declaration and familiarity with it. The Prosecution’s challenge in this regard is permissible only by pursuing a challenge alleging forgery, which it did not pursue. The effect of this. - 559 - Criminal Procedures and Trials