Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1264

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's treating the offences of supplying hashish without consideration for consumption and physically possessing hashish and psychotropic substances with intent to consume them as indivisibly connected, applying Article 84 of the Penal Code to the appellant, and sentencing him to a single penalty prescribed for the most serious of them that falls within the scope of the penalty prescribed for the first offence. The objection concerning the other offences. Unavailing. - An appellant may not be prejudiced by his own appeal. Example.
Arabic original
اعتبار الحكم جرائم تقديم مخدر الحشيش بغير مقابل للتعاطي وإحراز مخدر الحشيش والمؤثرات العقلية بقصد التعاطي مرتبطة بما لا يقبل التجزئة وإعمال المادة ٨٤ قانون الجزاء في حق الطاعن والحكم عليه بعقوبة واحدة المقررة لأشدها تدخل في نطاق العقوبة المقررة للجريمة الأولى. النعي بخصوص الجرائم الأخرى. غير مجد. - عدم جواز أن يضار الطاعن بطعنه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤١٤/٢٠٠٢ جزائي جلسة ٣٠/٩/٢٠٠٣ 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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