Legal basis: "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 77 If a victim suffers material losses due to the defendant's criminal behavior, he has the right to bring an incidental civil action in the course of criminal proceedings. The scope of compensation for incidental civil action: 1. It refers to the loss caused by the defendant's criminal behavior, and there must be a causal relationship between the damage facts and the defendant's criminal behavior, which is one of the prerequisites for allowing incidental civil damages. 2. It refers to the direct losses suffered by the defendant due to his criminal acts, not limited to the direct losses suffered.