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).
75723
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
22707
persons convicted for primary offence
8538
persons convicted for additional offence
2413
persons acquitted for primary offence
50603
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
86487
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2011, 22707 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 1546 (6.8%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 341 (1.5%) got prison sentences. 2413 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 50603 persons were terminated (66.8% court cases), 38999 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
8538 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)
