The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of spreading rumours about the internal situation in Kuwait and urging for toppling the Kuwaiti regime and causing damage to Kuwait’s foreign relations. The office requested the court to penalise the defendant according to the relevant laws.

The court ruled that the defendant should be imprisoned for four years. The court ruled that the defendant’s phone should be confiscated.

The office and the defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the office’s appeal. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and acquitted the defendant.

The office appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The office said in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. The office said that the court had acquitted the defendant although incriminating evidence existed in his case.

The court said that this argument was valid. The court said that the court had acquitted the defendant although the incriminating evidence existed in his case.