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).
2230
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
1218
persons convicted for primary offence
147
persons convicted for additional offence
1
persons acquitted for primary offence
1011
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
2234
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2009, 1218 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 36 (3%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 0 (0%) got prison sentences. 1 person was acquitted. Cases involving 1011 persons were terminated (45.3% court cases), 1005 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
147 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 118 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
No data
