Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 647

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

English translation of the principle

Merely observing the accused in an unsteady or abnormal condition, as stated in the officer's statements, which prompted him to search the accused and his car, a void procedure. The effect thereof. This nullity extends to the evidence derived from this procedure, consisting of that officer's statements, and his testimony is therefore disregarded. The judgment's reliance upon his statements in its ruling vitiates it for unsound inference and contravention of the law.
Arabic original
مجرد مشاهدة المتهم في حالة عدم اتزان أو في حالة غير طبيعية على ما جاء بأقوال الضابط مما حدا به ذلك إلى تفتيشه وتفتيش سيارته إجراء باطلاً. أثر ذلك. استطالة هذا البطلان إلى الدليل المستمد من هذا الإجراء المتمثل في أقوال ذلك الضابط فلا يعتد بشهادته. تعويل الحكم في قضائه على أقواله يعيبه بالفساد في الاستدلال ومخالفة القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٥١/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ٢٩/٢/٢٠٠٢ القسم الرابع – المجلد السابع ص ٩٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 258. PDF pages: 251.

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