Criminal acquittal does not justify civil retrial under Polish Civil Procedure Code Article 403.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appellant's request to retry the civil proceedings for a payment order based on a subsequent criminal acquittal. The defendant argued that the criminal court's finding of innocence regarding theft should overturn the civil judgment for damages caused by a shortage. The court held that a criminal verdict does not constitute a new fact or evidence under Article 403 of the Civil Procedure Code because it arose after the civil case concluded and did not involve the same legal relationship.