Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 510

Assessment of the existence of the element of force in the crime of kidnapping and the element of coercion in the crime of indecent assault. Within the trial court's authority without review. Its condition. An example. - The victim's failure to cry for help. Does not detract from the establishment of the crimes of kidnapping and indecent assault by coercion. The reason for this. - The material element of the crime of kidnapping is completed and ends merely upon removing the victim from his place. The kidnapped person's remaining detained. Is not an element of the crime. Its implication: the kidnapper's returning the victim to the place from which he took him does not detract from the completion of the crime of kidnapping. - 136 - Penal