Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 611

The prescribed punishment for the crime of indecent assault upon a girl who has not attained the age of twenty-one without coercion, threat, or deception. Imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years. The court's assessment that the accused deserves leniency. Its effect: the term of imprisonment may not be less than one-third of the maximum prescribed for the crime. The challenged judgment's contravention of this. An error of law requiring its partial cassation and correction. An example.