Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 260

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

English translation of the principle

Complicity in an offence. Its nature. And its inference. - The criterion for determining complicity is the accused’s relationship to the act constituting the offence, not to the persons who participated with him in it.
Arabic original
الاشتراك في الجريمة. ماهيته. واستخلاصه. - المناط في تحديد الاشتراك هو علاقة المتهم بالفعل المكون للجريمة لا بأشخاص من ساهموا معه فيها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦/١٩٨٥ جزائي جلسة ١١/٣/١٩٨٥ القسم الأول المجلد الثالث ص٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 64. PDF pages: 61.

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