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).
241954
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
168387
persons convicted for primary offence
21455
persons convicted for additional offence
38
persons acquitted for primary offence
73529
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
348497
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2018, 168387 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 53368 (31.7%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 56277 (33.4%) got prison sentences. 38 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 73529 persons were terminated (30.4% court cases), 83775 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
21455 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 201 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 198 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 158 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
