Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2091

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The appellant’s complaint concerning the female victim’s waiver of her rights against him. Unfounded. So long as the judgment convicted him of theft at night using violence and false keys with multiple perpetrators, which is not among the offences subject to individual pardon under Article 240 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials, and he did not claim to be one of her ascendants or descendants or her husband.
Arabic original
نعي الطاعن بشأن تنازل المجني عليها عن حقوقها قبله. في غير محله. مادام أن الحكم دانه بجريمة السرقة ليلاً باستعمال العنف ومفاتيح مصطنعة مع التعدد وهي ليست من الجرائم التي يرد عليها العفو الفردي طبقاً للمادة ٢٤٠ من ق الإجراءات والمحاكمات الجزائية ولم يزعم أنه من أصولها أو فروعها أو زوجاً لها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٨/٢٠٠٥ جزائي جلسة ٧/٦/٢٠٠٥ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص٨٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 562. PDF pages: 555.

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