Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 700

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's establishment that the appellants seized the victim's money after wrapping the ghutra around his neck and pulling its two ends to overcome his resistance establishes the offence of theft with coercion. The challenge thereto: incorrect. - Reliance on the testimony of prosecution witnesses and disregard of defence witnesses. Within the trial court's authority. Argument about this. Impermissible before the Court of Cassation.
Arabic original
إثبات الحكم استيلاء الطاعنين على نقود المجني عليه بعد لف الغترة حول عنقه وتجاذبا طرفيه للتغلب على مقاومته يوفر جريمة السرقة بالإكراه. النعي على ذلك : غير صحيح. - التعويل على شهادة شهود الإثبات والإعراض عن شهود النفي. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. المجادلة في ذلك. غير جائزة أمام التمييز.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩/١٩٧٦ جزائي جلسة ٢٥/١٠/١٩٧٦ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٣٩٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 198. PDF pages: 195.

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