Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 468

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

English translation of the principle

The appellant's complaint that the judgment rejected his defence that a state of lawful self-defence existed in the offence of battery resulting in death. Ineffectual. So long as the judgment regarded the two offences of which the appellant was convicted as indivisibly connected and imposed on him the more severe punishment prescribed for theft using violence while carrying a weapon.
Arabic original
نعي الطاعن بإطراح الحكم دفاعه بقيام حالة الدفاع الشرعي في جريمة ضرب أفضى إلى موت. غير منتج. مادام الحكم أعتبر الجريمتين اللتين دين بهما الطاعن مرتبطتين ارتباطاً لا يقبل التجزئة وأوقع عليه العقوبة الأشد المقررة لجريمة السرقة باستعمال العنف مع حمل سلاح.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩١/٢٠٠٣ جزائي جلسة ١١/٥/٢٠٠٤ القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث عشر ص٧٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 122. PDF pages: 119.

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