Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1200

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

English translation of the principle

Assessment of the evidence in the case. Belongs to the trial court. It may decline to take the accused's statements at face value and instead penetrate to their truth. It may sever those statements and infer the intent in physically holding the narcotic substance from the facts of the case or what it deduces from elements and circumstances capable of yielding that inference.
Arabic original
تقدير أدلة الدعوى. لمحكمة الموضوع. لها ألا تأخذ بظاهر أقوال المتهم بل تنفذ إلى حقيقتها. لها تجزئة تلك الأقوال واستخلاص القصد من إحراز المادة المخدرة من وقائع الدعوى أو ما تستنبطه من عناصر وظروف تصلح لانتاجه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٣/١٩٧٦ جزائي جلسة ٨/١١/١٩٧٦ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٤٤٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 329. PDF pages: 326.

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