Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 242

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

English translation of the principle

Merely establishing the circumstance of premeditation against the accused persons. Necessarily entails their participation by agreement as regards those resolved upon the offence who did not personally commit it. - The judgment’s establishment of the appellants’ resolve to kill the victim and the second appellant’s presence at the crime scene at the time of its commission. Sufficient to establish the circumstance of premeditation and to regard them as jointly liable as principal perpetrators.
Arabic original
مجرد إثبات ظرف سبق الإصرار في حق المتهمين. لزوم اشتراكهم بالاتفاق بالنسبة لمن لم يقارف الجريمة بنفسه من المصرين عليها. - إثبات الحكم تصميم الطاعنين على قتل المجني عليه وتواجد الطاعن الثاني على مسرح الجريمة وقت ارتكابها. كفايته على توافر ظرف سبق الإصرار واعتبارهما متضامنين في المسئولية كفاعلين أصليين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ٢/١١/١٩٩٩ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٣٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 60. PDF pages: 57.

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