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).
3285
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
2846
persons convicted for primary offence
173
persons convicted for additional offence
4
persons acquitted for primary offence
435
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
3560
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2016, 2846 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 331 (11.6%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 134 (4.7%) got prison sentences. 4 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 435 persons were terminated (13.2% court cases), 415 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
173 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 6 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 10 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 306 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
