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).
203207
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
139570
persons convicted for primary offence
19357
persons convicted for additional offence
40
persons acquitted for primary offence
63597
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
295283
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2020, 139570 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 48742 (34.9%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 45582 (32.7%) got prison sentences. 40 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 63597 persons were terminated (31.3% court cases), 72936 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
19357 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 169 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 143 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)
