Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1055

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Establishment of the status of public official or a person deemed equivalent as a principal offender. An element of the felony of unlawfully appropriating public property provided for in Article 10 of Law 1 of 1993 concerning the Protection of Public Property. The judgment's failure to establish this status in the appellant despite his insistence that it was absent. Deficiency in reasoning and infringement of the right of defence. Requires its cassation.
Arabic original
تحقق صفة الموظف العام أو من في حكمه كفاعل أصلي. ركن من أركان جناية الاستيلاء بغير حق على مال عام المنصوص عليها في المادة ١٠ ق ١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ بشأن حماية المال العام. عدم استظهار الحكم هذه الصفة في الطاعن رغم تمسك الأخير بانتفائها. قصور في التسبيب وإخلال بحق الدفاع. يُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤١٦/٢٠٠٤ جزائي جلسة ٢٩/٣/٢٠٠٥ القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني عشر ص ٤١٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 289. PDF pages: 286.

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