Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 270

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

English translation of the principle

Participation in the commission of an offense by agreement. Its nature. - Assistance in an offense. How it occurs. - Complicity in an offense by agreement and assistance. How it is established. Inferring its occurrence from direct evidence or from the circumstances and particulars of the case. Within the authority of the trial judge. The condition for this. That the facts of the case warrant belief in its occurrence. - The judgment's conclusion that complicity in the offense of issuing a check without funds was established on grounds which, taken as a whole, do not warrant belief that its issuance was the fruit of a prior agreement between the drawer and the accomplice. Inadequacy and flawed inference requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
الاشتراك في ارتكاب الجريمة بطريق الاتفاق. ماهيته. - المساعدة في الجريمة. كيف تتم. - الاشتراك في الجريمة بطريقي الاتفاق والمساعدة. كيف يتحقق. استخلاص حصوله من دليل مباشرة أو من ظروف الدعوى وملابساتها. من سلطة قاضي الموضوع. شرط ذلك. أن يكون في وقائع الدعوى ما يسوغ الاعتقاد بحصوله. - انتهاء الحكم إلى ثبوت الاشتراك في جريمة إصدار شيك دون رصيد مما لا يسوغ في جملته الاعتقاد بأن إصداره كان ثمرة اتفاق سابق بين الساحب والشريك. قصور وفساد يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٦/١٩٩٠ جزائي جلسة ٤/٦/١٩٩٠ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص١٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 66. PDF pages: 63.

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