The court of general jurisdiction of the first instance of Tavush region, chaired by judge Sasun Mkhitaryan, decided to change the restraining order imposed on Suren Manukyan, a member of the ARF, member of the National Assembly of the 6th convocation, to house arrest. About thatYerkir.am:Suren Manukyan's lawyer Rafik Melkonyan told
"Preventive detention applied to Suren Manukyan was chosen because, firstly, features of a crime were found on an object belonging to him, so to speak, secondly, an eyewitness pointed to Suren Manukyan as the perpetrator and thirdly, to Kokobelyan, the victim in the case. the video recording equipment allegedly recorded that Suren Manukyan was a participant in the kidnapping of Grisha Kokobelyan. Basic investigations have been completed, and during all these basic investigations, it was found that Suren Manukyan does not have any objects that should bear the characteristics of the alleged crime, and there is no video recording that should show that Suren Manukyan committed the X crime and the third: there is no eyewitness to say that Suren Manukyan committed the alleged crime.
Suren Manukyan was released on parole, he is a law-abiding person. We also have a presumption of innocence, and a person's innocence exists until there is a legally binding guilty verdict."
Still in 2022 On August 11, a criminal case was initiated against Suren Manukyan. Arrest was used as a preventive measure against Suren Manukyan in the criminal case, and in 2022. since August 11, he was released.
Suren Manukyan considers the accusation made against him to be false, does not accept it and does not plead guilty. Lawyers have repeatedly stated that there is no reasonable evidence in the criminal case materials that would allow us to conclude that Suren Manukyan is guilty.
The next court session will be held on January 29.
