Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 514

Offences for which instituting proceedings requires the submission of a complaint. The victim may settle with the accused before or after judgment is rendered. - Offences for which initiating criminal proceedings requires the submission of a complaint. Their enumeration is exhaustive. The offence of kidnapping females. Its inclusion among them. The consequence thereof. Settlement and waiver in respect thereof are permissible. Their effect. The effects resulting from a judgment of acquittal must be given effect. Article 241 of the Criminal Procedure and Trials Law. The challenged judgment's contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law and flawed reasoning requiring its cassation in respect of that charge and the remaining related charges, without extending the effect thereof to the appellant who was not a party to the appellate proceedings. - Evidence relied upon by the judgment. Its prerequisite. It must lead to the conclusions drawn from it without arbitrariness in inference or inconsistency with the dictates of logic. An example concerning the judgment's flawed reasoning - 137 - Penal Law in inferring waiver in an offence of kidnapping a female, which led it not to give effect to its legal consequences. Second: Criminal intent: