Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1263

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment’s treatment of the offences of possessing the narcotic hashish and psychotropic substances with intent to traffic and consume as indivisibly connected, its application of Article 84 of the Penal Code to the appellant, and sentencing him to a single penalty prescribed for the most serious of them, falling within the penalty prescribed for the first offence. The challenge concerning the other offences. Of no avail.
Arabic original
اعتبار الحكم جرائم حيازة مخدر الحشيش والمؤثرات العقلية بقصدي الاتجار والتعاطي مرتبطة بما لا يقبل التجزئة وإعمال المادة ٨٤ ق جزاء في حق الطاعن والحكم عليه بعقوبة واحدة هي المقررة لأشدها تدخل في نطاق العقوبة المقررة للجريمة الأولى. النعي بخصوص الجرائم الأخرى. غير مجد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥/٢٠٠٢ جزائي جلسة ١٨/٢/٢٠٠٣ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ٦٤٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 342. PDF pages: 339.

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