Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1798

An appeal is lodged by a petition submitted to the registry of the court that rendered the judgment. Article 202, Criminal Procedures and Trials Law. - The appeal petition. Is the reference for identifying the limits of the parts of the judgment actually appealed. - 491 - Criminal Procedures and Trials - The Public Prosecution's appeal. Is delimited by its subject matter, not its grounds. The effect of this. The appellate court is not seized of any subject matter other than that brought before it by the appeal petition, whatever defects may affect other matters not brought before it. - The Public Prosecution's appeal on grounds of proof. Its appeal extends to the acquittal pronounced by the appealed judgment. The implication of this.