Primary and additional offence
year
If a person is tried only for one crime, the offence in such a criminal case is called “simple”, if a person is tried for several crimes at once, it is called “qualified”. The gravest of the offences charged is the primary offence, the rest are additional offences (sometimes an additional offence is also called an additional qualification).
19907
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
7705
persons convicted for primary offence
3021
persons convicted for additional offence
469
persons acquitted for primary offence
11727
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
23217
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2013, 7705 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 301 (3.9%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 189 (2.5%) got prison sentences. 469 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 11727 persons were terminated (58.9% court cases), 9508 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
3021 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 0 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 0 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 115 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
