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).
58749
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
19804
persons convicted for primary offence
5583
persons convicted for additional offence
1154
persons acquitted for primary offence
37784
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
73602
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2016, 19804 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 1168 (5.9%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 523 (2.6%) got prison sentences. 1154 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 37784 persons were terminated (64.3% court cases), 35077 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
5583 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 401 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 40 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)
