Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 276

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

English translation of the principle

Criminal participation. The criterion for its establishment. - Complicity by agreement. Its nature. - The criminal judge is free to form his conviction from the facts of the case. Absence of evidence of complicity in the offence. He may infer its occurrence from the circumstances and surrounding facts of the case.
Arabic original
المساهمة الجنائية. مناط تحققها. - الاشتراك بطريق الاتفاق. ماهيته. - للقاضي الجنائي الحرية في تكوين عقيدته من واقع الدعوى. انتفاء وجود الدليل على الاشتراك في الجريمة. له استخلاص حصوله من ظروف الدعوى وملابساتها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٦٣/١٩٩٨ جزائي جلسة ٢٦/١٠/١٩٩٩ القسم الرابع المجلد السابع ص٢٥٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 67. PDF pages: 64.

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