Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 395

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

English translation of the principle

Arrest authorized for a police officer without an order. Its cases. - 210 - Criminal Procedures and Trials - The mere fact that the accused speaks in an abnormal manner is not evidence of the seriousness of the accusation of possessing a narcotic substance or another felony. Arresting and searching him. Is void. - A prisoner serving a sentence imposed upon him. Is not among the cases permitting a police officer to search him. Those cases are exhaustively enumerated. The judgment's contravention of that. Vitiates it.
Arabic original
القبض المخول لرجل الشرطة بدون أمر. حالاته. - ٢١٠ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية - مجرد تحدث المتهم بطريقة غير طبيعية ليس دليلاً على جدية الاتهام بإحراز مادة مخدرة أو جناية أخرى. القبض عليه وتفتيشه. يقع باطلاً. - السجين الذي ينفذ عقوبة محكوم عليه بها. ليست من الحالات التي تجيز لرجل الشرطة تفتيشه. ورود تلك الحالات على سبيل الحصر. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢/١٩٩٧ جزائي جلسة ٢٢/٦/١٩٩٨ القسم الرابع – المجلد السابع ص ٤١٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 210. PDF pages: 203–204.

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