KCC 395/2012
This case involved the appeal of a misdemeanour. A key point was that the misdemeanour driving without a license was not closely connected to the other crimes of drink driving and possessing drugs.
Background
An appellant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation.
Decision
The court of cassation considered the issues which were related to the public order. The court said that Article 8 of Kuwait Law No. 40/1972 stipulated that a ruling issued in misdemeanours cases cannot be appealed before the court of cassation unless the misdemeanour is strongly connected with a crime in a way that the two cases cannot be partitioned. The court said that the appellant was accused of driving a car without licence and that this misdemeanour was not connected with the crime of possessing drugs and driving a car under influence of alcohol. The court also said that the documents of the case revealed that the appellant had failed to introduce the reasons for his appeal within the legal deadline stipulated by Article 9, 10 of Kuwait Law No. 40/1972.
The court dismissed the appeal.