Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 584

The offence of indecent assault. The criterion for its establishment. - Its establishment does not require that the victim’s body be the passive locus of the perpetrator’s act. It suffices that the body was taken into consideration in any manner in the act constituting the offence. - Attempted indecent assault. The criterion for its establishment. - Criminal intent in attempted indecent assault: the perpetrator, at the time of committing his act, is attempting to indecently assault the victim. Example: the accused’s placement of a camera in the bathroom designated for women with the intention of viewing the female victim’s private parts while she was there, followed by her discovery of the camera. A cause beyond his control. The contention that the incident constitutes the misdemeanour of misuse of a camera. A challenge to the trial court’s authority over the case papers and evidence. - 158 - Criminal Law. Third: The element of coercion:-