Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 282

Complicity by agreement. Established by the unity of its parties' intention to commit the agreed act. - Complicity by contribution. Occurs through the accomplice's intentional intervention with the perpetrator, which resonates with his act and embodies facilitation of the commission of the offense, which the legislator made the basis for punishing the accomplice. - The court's demonstration of complicity in forgery offenses through tangible evidence. Not necessary. - 68 - Penal Law Its sound belief that it occurred, drawn from the circumstances and surrounding circumstances of the case, is sufficient. - The existence of a direct relationship between the accomplice and the perpetrator. Not necessary. It is sufficient that the offense occur on the basis of his incitement to commit it, his agreement with another to commit it, or his assistance in the acts preparing for it. - The accomplice derives his status from the act of complicity he committed, his intent therein, and the offense that occurred on the basis of his complicity. This means: he is an accomplice in the offense, not with its perpetrator. Its effect: the accomplice must be punished even if the principal perpetrator is unknown.