Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 706

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

English translation of the principle

The victim's removal of the obstacles placed by the owner to bar the thief's way through the container or secure receptacle containing the stolen thing. An aggravating circumstance in theft. The reason therefor. - A secure receptacle, linguistically. That in which or by which property is safeguarded. What suffices to establish methods of breaking it. That the stolen thing is secured by any means of safekeeping which must be broken to make its theft possible, whether by placing the property inside an enclosed space, fastening it in place, or locking its means of movement so that it cannot be stolen except by breaking it. - The perpetrator's breaking the ignition location of a motorcycle to make its theft possible. An aggravating circumstance in theft. The judgment's contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
إزالة المجني العوائق التي يضعها المالك لسد السبيل على السارق عن طريق الوعاء أو الحرز الذي يحوي الشيء المسروق. ظرف مشدد في السرقة. علة ذلك. - الحرز لغة. ما يحفظ المال فيه أو به. ما يكفي لتوافر طرق تحطيمه. أن يكون الشيء المسروق محرزاً بأي وسيلة لحفظه التي يلزم تحطيمها لإمكان سرقته سواء بوضع المال داخل حيز مغلق أو تثبيته في مكان أو غلق أداة تحريكه لتستعصي سرقته إلا بتحطيمه. - كسر الجاني مكان تشغيل درجة نارية لإمكان سرقتها. ظرف مشدد في السرقة. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٨/١٩٨٩ جزائي جلسة ٢٦/٦/١٩٨٩ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص٤٨٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 199. PDF pages: 196.

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