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).
31837
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
25155
persons convicted for primary offence
4038
persons convicted for additional offence
164
persons acquitted for primary offence
6518
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
61925
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2013, 25155 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 8155 (32.4%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 5655 (22.5%) got prison sentences. 164 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 6518 persons were terminated (20.5% court cases), 6413 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
4038 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 0 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 0 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 159 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
