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).
28725
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
22079
persons convicted for primary offence
3634
persons convicted for additional offence
82
persons acquitted for primary offence
6564
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
54116
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2016, 22079 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 7092 (32.1%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 6361 (28.8%) got prison sentences. 82 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 6564 persons were terminated (22.9% court cases), 8272 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
3634 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 142 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 178 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)
