KCC 243/2001
This case involved whether the state should be required to pay compensation for incorrect prosecution of an individual as this had caused him damage. The key point was the correct procedures had been followed.
Background
A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. He requested the court to order the defendant to pay him 5001 Dinars as temporary compensation. He said that he was convicted of robbery and that the court later acquitted him. He said that the subordinates of the defendant caused damage to him by this accusation.
The court dismissed the case.
The claimant appealed the ruling before the court. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and ruled that the defendant should pay the claimant 2000 Dinars.
The defendant appealed the ruling before the court. He said in his grounds of appeal that the appealed ruling had erred in the application of law. He said that the state cannot be questioned as a result of the mistake made by the judicial authorities.