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).
81085
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
24002
persons convicted for primary offence
9532
persons convicted for additional offence
2388
persons acquitted for primary offence
54695
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
93130
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2010, 24002 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 1653 (6.9%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 435 (1.8%) got prison sentences. 2388 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 54695 persons were terminated (67.5% court cases), 43016 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
9532 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 116 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
