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).
26246
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
12044
persons convicted for primary offence
2578
persons convicted for additional offence
257
persons acquitted for primary offence
13942
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
30387
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2019, 12044 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 2113 (17.5%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 1898 (15.8%) got prison sentences. 257 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 13942 persons were terminated (53.1% court cases), 13981 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
2578 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 16 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 12 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)
