Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1081

Reporting crimes that occur to the Public Prosecution or the police is a right established for every person, indeed a duty upon him and upon every public official who learns of them. The reason therefor. No liability arises from exercising this right except where the reported incident is proven untrue, or the report was made in bad faith and with the aim of maliciously targeting and harming the person reported, or was made hastily, recklessly and without caution. - The reporting person’s belief in the truth of the matter reported. Excludes his liability. The reporting person’s prior verification of the truth of what he reports. Not necessary. - Characterization of the act underlying the claim for compensation as wrongful or otherwise. A matter of fact. - The judgment’s conclusion that the female appellant acted hastily in reporting before verifying the truth of what she reported and that the respondent was summoned to give his statements, although exercise of the right to report crimes does not require prior verification by the reporting person of the truth of what he reports, since that falls within the investigating authority’s competence. Vitiates it by error in applying the law. Example.