Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1252

Ruling that an appeal and, consequently, cassation are inadmissible against a judgment ordering the measure of placement in a treatment facility for addiction treatment. Its criterion. Issuance of the judgment imposing it in accordance with the provisions of the law. How this is done. - The judgment’s modification of the custodial sentence imposed by the appealed judgment to an order placing the respondent in the psychiatric hospital for addiction treatment, without stating reasons justifying this modification or anything indicating that the respondent’s state of addiction was established. Deficiency in reasoning permitting the Public Prosecution to challenge it by way of cassation. - Assessment of their punishment and refraining from pronouncing punishment therein:-