Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 287

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

English translation of the principle

Complicity subsequent to the crime, following the Constitutional Court’s ruling that the provisions of clauses First and Second of Article 49 of the Penal Code were unconstitutional insofar as they deemed a person an accomplice in the crime if he performed any of the acts stipulated in those two clauses, and that the provision of the first paragraph of Article Fifty-Five was unconstitutional insofar as it punished anyone who performed any such act. Its establishment. Where the perpetrator knew that the commission of the crime had been completed and unlawfully obtained a benefit for himself or another person from the commission of the crime, with knowledge thereof. - Inferring complicity in the crime after its occurrence. A matter for the trial court. Its inference of its occurrence from the circumstances and attendant circumstances of the case suffices, provided it is sound. An example.
Arabic original
الاشتراك اللاحق في الجريمة بعد قضاء المحكمة الدستورية بعدم دستورية نص البندين أولاً وثانياً من المادة ٤٩ من قانون الجزاء فيما تضمناه من اعتبار الشخص شريكاً في الجريمة إذا قام بأي فعل من الأفعال المنصوص عليها في هذين البندين ونص الفقرة الأولي من المادة الخامسة والخمسين فيما تضمنه من معاقبة من صدر منه فعل من تلك الأفعال. تحققه. إذا كان الجاني عالماً بتمام ارتكاب الجريمة وحصل بوجه غير مشروع على منفعة لنفسه أو لشخص آخر من وراء ارتكاب الجريمة مع علمه بذلك. - استخلاص الاشتراك في الجريمة بعد وقوعها. لمحكمة الموضوع. كفاية استخلاصها حصوله من ظروف الدعوى وملابساتها. مادام سائغاً. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢/٢٠٠٩ جزائي جلسة ٥/١/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٨ ج ١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 71. PDF pages: 68.

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