Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 121

Unconsciousness precluding liability. Its nature. - Voluntarily consuming an intoxicating or narcotic substance with knowledge of its true nature. Its effect: the perpetrator’s liability for offences committed under its influence for which the law does not require specific intent. - The offence of attempting sexual intercourse with a female without her consent. The law does not require specific intent for it. - The appellant’s failure to contend that his state of intoxication when committing the incident was due to an intoxicant or narcotic that he consumed under compulsion or without knowing its true nature. Its effect. 4- Necessity (duress):