Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1008

The jurisdiction of the criminal court. The general rule is that it is confined to hearing offences brought before it. The exception. Its jurisdiction to hear the civil action arising from those offences. Condition thereof. That it not - 335 - Criminal Procedure and Trials hear the civil action except as ancillary to the criminal action. Effect thereof. It cannot validly be brought independently before the criminal court. The act not being punishable by law. Its effect. The criminal court has no jurisdiction over the action and must rule that it lacks jurisdiction. - The criminal court's jurisdiction to hear the ancillary civil action. Its basis: the connection between the criminal and civil actions and the unity of the cause upon which each is based.