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).
1933
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
1732
persons convicted for primary offence
221
persons convicted for additional offence
1
persons acquitted for primary offence
200
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
2186
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2013, 1732 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 134 (7.7%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 56 (3.2%) got prison sentences. 1 person was acquitted. Cases involving 200 persons were terminated (10.3% court cases), 187 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
221 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for person on this case by this article on additional offense. person was acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 156 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
