Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 708

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

English translation of the principle

Coercion. Its nature and the general rule concerning it. - The violence required in the offence of theft provided for in Article 225 of the Penal Code. - 199 - Criminal Law. The account of the incident adopted by the judgment lacks the element of coercion. Its conclusion that it existed without support in the papers. This vitiates it and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
الإكراه. ماهيته والأصل فيه. - العنف الذي يشترط توافره في جريمة السرقة المنصوص عليها في المادة ٢٢٥ جزاء. - ١٩٩ - الجزاء خلو صورة الواقعة التي اعتنقها الحكم من توافر ركن الإكراه. انتهاؤه إلى توافره دون سند من الأوراق. يعيبه ويوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٧٤/١٩٩٨ جزائي جلسة ١/٦/١٩٩٩ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٢٠٠) (والطعن ٤١٣/١٩٩٨ جزائي جلسة ١/٦/١٩٩٩ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٢٠٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 199. PDF pages: 196–197.

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