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).
40966
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
35754
persons convicted for primary offence
4542
persons convicted for additional offence
9
persons acquitted for primary offence
5203
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
50084
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2014, 35754 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 14119 (39.5%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 17646 (49.4%) got prison sentences. 9 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 5203 persons were terminated (12.7% court cases), 4713 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
4542 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 161 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
