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).
1958
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
922
persons convicted for primary offence
224
persons convicted for additional offence
11
persons acquitted for primary offence
1025
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
2455
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2018, 922 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 1 (0.1%) was sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 3 (0.3%) got prison sentences. 11 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 1025 persons were terminated (52.3% court cases), 875 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
224 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 4 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 1 person was acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 116.1 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
