Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 636

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The judgment's inference from the circumstances of the case that the appellant's kissing the female victim on her cheek in a fashion shop did not violate her sexual modesty, did not extend to any of her private parts, and did not offend her sense of modesty, such that the offence of indecent assault was not constituted, but the offence of an indecent act in a public place was constituted. Permissible. Challenging it for inadequate reasoning and error in applying the law. Unfounded.
Arabic original
استخلاص الحكم من ظروف الدعوى أن تقبيل الطاعن للمجني عليها في وجنتها في محل بيع الأزياء لم يخل بحيائها العرضي ولم يستطل إلى عورة من عوراتها ولم يخدش عاطفة الحياء عندها فلا تتوافر بها جريمة هتك العرض. ويحقق به جريمة الفعل الفاضح في مكان عام. سائغ. النعي عليه بالقصور في التسبيب والخطأ في تطبيق القانون. غير صحيح.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٢٧/١٩٧٨ جزائي جلسة ١١/١٢/١٩٧٨ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٤٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 176. PDF pages: 173.

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