Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 684

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

English translation of the principle

Exclusion of the defendants' confession to the police officer that they committed attempted theft, and the record containing nothing except the discovery, upon searching the car in which they were riding, of tools whose mere possession does not indicate commission of that offence. Acquittal must be pronounced.
Arabic original
استبعاد اعتراف المتهمين لضابط الشرطة بارتكاب جريمة الشروع في السرقة وخلو الأوراق سوى مما أسفر عنه تفتيش السيارة التي كانوا يستقلونها من العثور على أدوات لا يفيد مجرد حيازتها ارتكاب تلك الجريمة. وجوب القضاء بالبراءة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٩٢/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٢/٧/٢٠٠٢ القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث عشر ص٦٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 195. PDF pages: 192.

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