Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1236

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment’s establishment that the appellants were arrested pursuant to Article 54 of Criminal Procedure after evidence became available accusing both of possession and custody of the seized narcotic, and the first appellant’s admission to the officer, so the second is the source of the narcotic, and the latter’s admission that the third is its source; the arrest is therefore valid, which permits the search. The challenge alleging invalidity of the arrest and search has no basis.
Arabic original
إثبات الحكم حصول القبض على الطاعنين وفق نص المادة ٥٤ إ.ج بعد توافر الأدلة على اتهامهما بحيازة وإحراز المخدر المضبوط وإقرار الطاعن الأول للضابط فإن الثاني هو مصدر المخدر وإقرار الأخير أن الثالث مصدرها فإن القبض يكون صحيحاً وهو ما يجيز التفتيش. النعي ببطلان القبض والتفتيش لا أساس له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٨/٥/٢٠٠١ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص ٥٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 335. PDF pages: 332.

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