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).
30794
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
23058
persons convicted for primary offence
3708
persons convicted for additional offence
95
persons acquitted for primary offence
7640
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
57282
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2017, 23058 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 7755 (33.6%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 6606 (28.6%) got prison sentences. 95 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 7640 persons were terminated (24.8% court cases), 9708 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
3708 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 114 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 223 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)
