Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 905

Reporting crimes is a right of individuals and a duty incumbent upon them; their failure to do so renders them liable to punishment. Article 14, Criminal Procedure and Trials Law. - Holding the reporting person liable for compensation merely because his report is false. Its condition. He must have knowledge of the falsity of the facts he reported and intend to offend and harm the reporting person, or proof or the reporting occurred through haste, recklessness and lack of caution. - Assessment of abuse of the right to report, or its absence. A matter for the court of merits. Its condition.