Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 318

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

English translation of the principle

The police's task of detecting offenses. Its condition. Non-intervention in creating them through fraud and deception or incitement to commit them, and so long as the offender's will remains free. An example of tracing a series of connected offenses revealed by the apprehension of the person authorized to be searched, which does not constitute creation of any of them.
Arabic original
مهمة الشرطة في الكشف عن الجرائم. شرطه. عدم التدخل في خلقها بطريق الغش والخداع أو التحريض على ارتكابها وطالما بقت إرادة الجاني حرة. مثال لتتبع سلسلة جرائم متصلة كشفت عنها واقعة ضبط المأذون بتفتيشه مما لا يعد خلقاً لأي منها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٧/١٩٨٩ جزائي جلسة ٤/١٢/١٩٨٩ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص ٣٥٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 78. PDF pages: 75.

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