Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 113

Exclusion of criminal liability because the offender lacked consciousness and freedom of choice in his actions at the time of committing the act. Its condition: that this be attributable to mental illness, deficient mental development, or any abnormal mental condition. Article 22 of the Penal Code. - Psychological breakdown. It does not constitute mental illness or any abnormal mental condition excluding criminal liability. An example concerning a plea accompanied by the existence of a judicial mitigating excuse assessed by the trial court. - 33 - Penal