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).
467
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
311
persons convicted for primary offence
36
persons convicted for additional offence
1
persons acquitted for primary offence
155
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
592
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2018, 311 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 197 (63.3%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 13 (4.2%) got prison sentences. 1 person was acquitted. Cases involving 155 persons were terminated (33.2% court cases), 201 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
36 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 1 person on this case by this article on additional offense. 2 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 146 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
