Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 25

Permission to bring a civil action before the criminal court. Its cases. Its dependence on the criminal action where the right claimed arises from harm resulting from the offence for which the criminal action was brought. Absence thereof. Its effect. The criminal court lacks jurisdiction over the civil action. This pertains to public policy. - A judgment concluding with acquittal because the act does not constitute the offence of issuing a cheque without funds owing to the absence of its constituent elements. A ruling declining jurisdiction to hear the civil action is required. The judgment's contravention thereof and its dismissal of the civil action. Renders it defective and requires its cassation.