Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1752

The general rule is that the criminal court's jurisdiction is confined to hearing the offenses brought before it. Exception. Its jurisdiction to hear the civil action arising therefrom. The condition thereof: connection and unity of cause between the two actions. - A civil action may not be heard independently before the criminal court. It must be heard as ancillary to the criminal action. Implication thereof: criminal courts must rule that they lack jurisdiction over the civil action whenever the act forming the subject of the criminal action is not punishable. - Acquittal in the criminal action because the offense has not been established against the accused or has not been properly attributed to him. Its effect. The civil action must be dismissed. - Acquittal of the two respondents because of lack of confidence in the proper establishment of the act constituting - 451 - Criminal Law the offense, and not because the incident is not punishable. Its implication is dismissal of the civil action. The challenged judgment's adherence to this view. Correct in law. The appellant's criticism in this regard. Unfounded.