Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 208

Arrest. Physically taking hold of a person, restricting his movement, and depriving him of freedom of movement. - Detention. Deprivation of liberty for a period of time. - Any restriction on personal liberty, whether arrest, detention, or search. Impermissible except in a case of flagrante delicto, by order of the investigator, or in one of the cases specified by law. The basis for this. - The appellant's taking the victim to the police premises merely on suspicion and detaining him. Constitutes physical interference. It establishes the offence of arrest and detention outside the circumstances prescribed by law. It is the harmful act on the basis of which he was ordered to pay compensation and entails the judgment's encompassing the elements of civil liability. The objection alleging an error in the application of the law. Unfounded