Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 767

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

English translation of the principle

Conviction of the respondent of the two offences of assault causing severe bodily pain and perceptible beating. The judgment's recording in its text of acceptance of the victim's pardon, based on submission of a notarized declaration of pardon for the two offences in which settlement is permissible. The implication of this. The court's examination of and familiarity with that declaration. The Public Prosecution's challenge in this regard is permissible only by pursuing a forgery challenge, which it did not pursue. The effect of this.
Arabic original
إدانة المطعون ضده عن جريمتي الاعتداء المفضي إلى آلام بدنية شديدة والضرب على نحو محسوس. إثبات الحكم بمدوناته قبول عفو المجني عليه استناداً إلى تقديم إقرار موثق بالعفو عن الجريمتين اللتين يجوز فيهما الصلح. مفاد ذلك. مطالعة المحكمة لذلك الإقرار والإلمام به. نعي النيابة في هذا الصدد لا يجوز إلاّ بسلوك طريق الطعن بالتزوير وهو ما لم تسلكه. أثر ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٩/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ١٣/١٢/١٩٩٩ القسم الرابع – المجلد السابع ص ١٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 280. PDF pages: 273.

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