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).
2804
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
2695
persons convicted for primary offence
613
persons convicted for additional offence
6
persons acquitted for primary offence
103
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
3993
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2015, 2695 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 285 (10.6%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 2406 (89.3%) got prison sentences. 6 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 103 persons were terminated (3.7% court cases), 33 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
613 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 16 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 30 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 131 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
