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).
31085
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
22638
persons convicted for primary offence
3531
persons convicted for additional offence
131
persons acquitted for primary offence
8316
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
60781
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2018, 22638 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 7711 (34.1%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 6343 (28%) got prison sentences. 131 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 8316 persons were terminated (26.8% court cases), 11067 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
3531 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 107 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 190 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)
