Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1641

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

English translation of the principle

Selling and circulating the narcotic heroin with intent to traffic. Ordering abstention from pronouncing punishment. Impermissible. The judgment’s contravention of this. Renders it defective and requires its cassation. The basis for this.
Arabic original
بيع مخدر الهيروين وتداوله بقصد الاتجار. القضاء بالامتناع عن النطق بالعقاب. غير جائز. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويوجب تمييزه. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٩/١٩٩٧ جزائي جلسة ٨/٢/١٩٩٩ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص ٣٣٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 426. PDF pages: 423.

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