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Court Decision

The Court decided to discontinue criminal case filed against Alexander Arzumanyan, Myasnik Malkhasyan, Sasun Mikaelyan, Hakob Hakobyan, Grigor Voskerchyan. Surem Sirunyan and Shant Harutyunyan accused of Article 300, part 1 of the Criminal Code of RA, and to stop criminal prosecution due to absence of corpus delicti.

About defendant Myasnik Malkhasyan
To separate the criminal case stemming from Article 225, part 1 and Articles 38-316, part 2 of the Armenian Criminal Code and to transfer the case to the Court of First Instance of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash districts. To leave the preventive punishment on detention unchanged. To separate materials about him from the criminal case.

About defendant Sasun Mikaelyan
To separate the criminal case stemming from Article 225, part 1 and Article 235, parts 1-2 of the Armenian Criminal Code and transfer the case to the Court of First Instance of Kotayk’s region. To leave the preventive punishment on detention unchanged. To separate materials about him from the existing criminal case.

About defendant Hakob Hakobyan
To separate the criminal case stemming from Article 225, part 1 of the Armenian Criminal Code and transfer the case to the Court of First Instance of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash districts.
To leave the preventive punishment on detention unchanged. To separate materials about him from the existing criminal case.

About defendant Grigor Voskerchyan
To separate the criminal case stemming from Article 225, part 1 of the Armenian Criminal Code and transfer the case to the Court of First Instance of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash districts. To leave the preventive punishment on detention unchanged.
To separate materials about him from the existing criminal case.

About defendant Shant Harutyunyan
To separate the criminal case stemming from Article 225, part 1 of the Armenian Criminal Code and transfer the case to the Court of First Instance of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash districts. To leave the preventive punishment on detention unchanged.
To separate materials about him from the existing criminal case.

About defendants Alexander Arzumanyan and Suren Sirunyan
To leave the criminal case stemming from Article 225, part 1 to be tried by judge M. Martirosyan and to continue case investigation. To leave the preventive punishments on detention for both of the defendants unchanged.

To provide the defendants and their defense-attorneys one week to become familiar with the accusations. To provide each of them with a decision on partially refuting an accusation and on bring new accusation against each of them, as well as to provide them with a copy of accusatory conclusion.

Parties in the trial are free to get familiar with this decision and to have a copy of it immediately.

According to Koryun Piloyan, proceeding from the disputed Articles, the accusant declines part of the accusation and brings new charges. Namely, the charges under Article 300 (usurpation of the government), and Article 225 (disorders accompanied by murders) have been lifted.
Prosecutor Piloyan has filed new charges under Clause 1 of Article 225 which foresees a sentence of 4-10 years