Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1237

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

English translation of the principle

Flagrante delicto. Its establishment. It is sufficient that there be outward manifestations that themselves indicate the occurrence of the offence. In flagrante delicto involving physical possession of a narcotic, it is not required that the person who witnessed these manifestations have ascertained the nature of the substance he observed; rather, it is sufficient that he ascertain those manifestations through any of his senses. Its condition. Those manifestations must be ascertained with certainty admitting of no doubt, whether the narcotic is visible or not visible.
Arabic original
التلبس. توافره. كفاية أن يكون هناك مظاهر خارجية تنبئ بذاتها عن وقوع الجريمة. ولا يشترط في التلبس بإحراز مخدر أن يكون من شهد هذه المظاهر قد تبين ماهية المادة التي شاهدها بل يكفي تحقق تلك المظاهر بأي حاسة من حواسه. شرطه. أن يكون تحقق تلك المظاهر بطريقة يقينية لا تحتمل شكاً سواء كان المخدر ظاهراً أو غير ظاهر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢/٢٠٠٠ جزائي جلسة ٣١/١٠/٢٠٠٠ 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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