Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 533

The crime of kidnapping the female victim by force or deception with intent to commit indecent assault. Is independent of the crime of indecent assault upon the female victim deprived of volition. Its implication. The existence of either does not require the occurrence of the other. - Withdrawal of the complaint in crimes whose prosecution requires a complaint. A special pardon entailing the same effects as an acquittal. Article 241/1 of the Criminal Procedure Law. - The crimes set out in Articles 109, 110 of the Criminal Procedure Law whose prosecution requires a complaint. Expansion or analogy in respect thereof. Impermissible. The implication: waiver in respect of the crime of kidnapping, which is independent of the crime of indecent assault, has no effect on the latter crime.