Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 250

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

English translation of the principle

The principal perpetrator. Is one who contributes to the offence by one of its constituent acts. - 61 - Penal Law - The appellant’s accompanying two others to the place of the theft and keeping watch over the place for them, and their committing it and fleeing with the stolen property. Sufficient to regard him as a principal perpetrator of the offence.
Arabic original
الفاعل الأصلي. هو من يساهم في الجريمة بفعل من الأفعال المكونة لها. - ٦١ - الجزاء - قيام الطاعن بمرافقة آخرين لمكان السرقة ومراقبة المكان لهما وقيامهما بارتكابها والفرار بالمسروقات. كاف لاعتباره فاعلاً أصلياً في الجريمة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٨/٢٠٠٥ جزائي جلسة ٧/٦/٢٠٠٥ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص١٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 61. PDF pages: 58–59.

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