Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office Shares Updates On 'Tartar Case'
Date
12/6/2022 5:15:08 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 6. Another 19 people
were released within the so-called 'Tartar case' in Azerbaijan, 10
of them were acquitted, the Prosecutor General's Office told
trend on December
6.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, previously three
criminal cases against 19 persons convicted on charges of high
treason and other articles returned to court were reconsidered by
the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan due
to newly detected circumstances based on the appeal of the
prosecutor's office.
The decisions on the above criminal cases were canceled, and the
cases were returned to the relevant courts.
Then the decisions in these cases were canceled by the
respective courts and returned to the prosecutor, who was in charge
of the procedural guidance of the preliminary investigation.
During the further investigation, all circumstances related to
the criminal prosecution were thoroughly, fully, and objectively
investigated, and since the guilt of these persons on charges of
high treason wasn't proven, the proceeding is carried out on
acquittal grounds (Article 39.2 of the Criminal Procedure Code of
the Republic of Azerbaijan).
Within the proceeding, decisions were made to halt criminal
prosecution against 10 persons on other episodes (crimes against
military service, and others) and release them with the abolition
of a measure of restraint in the form of arrest previously chosen
against the persons.
Will be updated
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