Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 867

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

English translation of the principle

The principle in criminal trials. The judge's conviction based on the evidence presented. He may form his conviction from any evidence or presumption he finds persuasive. Unless the law restricts him to particular evidence. The law has not prescribed a special method for proving forgery offences. The plea alleging defects in the evidence and its lack of certainty, denying a connection to the forged documents, asserting that they were not secured as exhibits or signed, and denying the charge. A matter of fact. Answering it. The evidence establishing guilt suffices.
Arabic original
الأصل في المحاكمات الجزائية. اقتناع القاضي بالأدلة المطروحة. له تكوين عقيدته من أي دليل أو قرينة يرتاح إليها. ما لم يقيده القانون بدليل معين. جرائم التزوير لم يجعل القانون إثباتها بطريق خاص. الدفع بتعييب الأدلة وأنها غير يقينية ونفي الصلة بالمستندات المزورة وعدم تحريزها أو توقيعها ونفي التهمة. موضوعي. الرد عليه. كفايته من أدلة الثبوت.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٠٠/٢٠٠٥ جزائي جلسة ٢٣/٥/٢٠٠٦ القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني عشر ص٦٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 242. PDF pages: 239.

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