Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 990

The offence of threatening to inflict harm on a person, criminalized by Article 173/1 of the Penal Code. Its establishment depends upon the offender committing an act, by any means, conveying a threat to inflict harm upon the victim's person or capable of frightening him, with a view to inducing him to perform an act or refrain from it. The challenged judgment's failure to ascertain the offender's purpose in the acts he committed against the female victim. A deficiency vitiating it and requiring its cassation. - 268 - Penal Law Crimes against External State Security (1) Intervention in measures in the enemy's interest (Law 31 of 1970 amending certain provisions of the Penal Code) (Articles 1 : 22)