Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 712

The violence establishing the offence of theft under Article 225 of the Penal Code consists in its use or the threat of its use with the intention of overcoming the resistance of the victim or another to enable the offender to - 200 - Penal commit the offence or escape with the stolen property. Example. - The judgment's establishment that theft occurred through violence while the appellant was visibly carrying a knife. Establishes the circumstance of carrying a weapon in theft under Article 226/4 of the Penal Code. The appellant's objection that it was absent. Has no basis.