SBG 117/2015
Type
Case
Court
Saudi Arabia Board of Grievances
Jurisdiction
Saudi Arabia
Taxonomy
Malicious Prosecution, Remedies, Investigation
Decision date
1 Nov 2015
Catchwords
Malicious Prosecution - Office of Public Prosecution - Compensation - Office of administrative investigations
This case involved a claim for compensation against the office of administrative investigations for malicious prosecution, A key point was they said they had merely executed a public prosecution office order.
Background
A claimant filed a case against the office of administrative investigations. They requested the court to order the office to pay him compensation. He said that the office had filed a case against him but he was not charged with it.
The office said that they were not a relevant party in the case and they had just executed an order of the office of the public prosecution.
Decision
The court dismissed the case.
The claimant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal.
The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling.