Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 277

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. Necessarily entails their complicity by agreement as regards those determined upon the offence who did not personally commit it. - The judgment’s establishing the appellants’ determination to kill the victim and the second appellant’s presence at the scene of the offence at the time of its commission. Sufficient to establish the circumstance of premeditation and to deem them 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 المصَّرين 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 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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