The former mayor of Berd community, Harutyun Manucharyan, was acquitted on the charge of abuse of official authority, and then again stood before the court in the same case.
This is reportedPastinfoand reminds that the criminal case in which the judicial act of acquittal was made refers to the voluntary non-removal of the building. In this case, Manucharyan is accused of abuse of official authority (three episodes) and official forgery. The case was initiated about two years ago, in this case in 2022. On November 10, Manucharyan was arrested and then detained before the meeting of the community council of Berd community, the agenda of which was the election of the community mayor.
The anti-corruption court, presided over by judge Givi Hovhannisyan, recorded the procedural violations in the case and decided to acquit Manucharyan, terminating the criminal prosecution on the basis of lack of criminal record. Defender Arman Tamrazyan gave details in the conversation with "Pastinfo", noting that the body conducting the proceedings was not a criminal case regarding the fact. to initiate, i.e. to bring charges, to send to the court in the conditions when no case was even initiated regarding the fact.
"He detached a bunch of documents from the case, a case was not initiated, he could not detach a part. He sent the package of documents to the court, and the court of first instance made a very correct decision: a judicial act of acquittal based on the fact of violation of the procedural right, that no criminal case was initiated, there could be no accusation. The appellate court satisfied the prosecutor's complaint - it is some kind of legal innovation, it says that it has nothing to do with the fact that a case has not been initiated, if a part is separated from the case, it means that it is a new criminal case.
In other words, the Criminal Procedure Code, which stipulates the structure of how a criminal case should be initiated, in what order, what decision should be made in the case of initiating a case, does not apply in the case of Manucharyan," the defense attorney noted, adding that the Court of Cassation will consider his complaint. did not accept the proceedings, the legal uncertainty that should have been removed, the problem should have been solved, but it was not, now the case is again in the court of first instance, Judge V. of the Anti-Corruption Court. In Stepanyan's proceedings, at the stage of preliminary proceedings.
