Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 596
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The appellant's failure to plead his ignorance of the victim's age before the trial court. Raising this for the first time before the Court of Cassation. Inadmissible. Nor is what he raises concerning his age at the hearing before the latter court admissible, so long as he did not include it in his grounds of appeal.
Arabic original
عدم تمسك الطاعن بجهله بسن المجني عليه أمام محكمة الموضوع. إثارته ذلك لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز. غير مقبولة. ولا يقبل ما يثيره بشأن سنه بالجلسة أمام المحكمة الأخيرة مادام لم يوردها بأسباب طعنه.Original Arabic judgment citations
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Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 162. PDF pages: 159.
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