Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 822

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's establishment that the accused were apprehended within territorial waters, relying on the incriminating evidence it cited - 229 - Penal Law establishes a situation of flagrante delicto permitting a police officer to arrest the accused. Its effect: validity of the procedures. The judgment's disregarding the manifestly unfounded plea that the arrest was invalid. Does not vitiate it. (11) Entering a dwelling with intent to commit an offence (Articles 254 : 256)
Arabic original
إثبات الحكم أن ضبط المتهمين كان داخل المياه الإقليمية أخذاً بأدلة الثبوت التي أوردها - ٢٢٩ - الجزاء تتوافر به حالة التلبس التي تجيز لرجل الشرطة القبض على المتهم. أثره: صحة الإجراءات. التفات الحكم عن الدفع ببطلان القبض الظاهر البطلان. لا يعيبه. (١١) دخول مسكن بقصد ارتكاب جريمة (المواد ٢٥٤ : ٢٥٦)
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٣/٢٠٠٧ جزائي جلسة ١٨/٩/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٥ ج ٣ ص ٦٠٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 229. PDF pages: 226–227.

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