The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, according to Part 1, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Proceedings, against the mayor of Askeran, Hayk Alexander Shamiryan, on the basis of non-completion of the incriminated act, under Article 255, Part 3, Clause 3 and Article 457, 1 of the RA Criminal Code. terminated the public criminal prosecution initiated in About this on his pagewrotelawyer Vahe Yeprikyan, who titled his post: "excuses".
In particular, he noted:
"Since this criminal proceeding had a wide public resonance, I would like to emphasize two circumstances in particular: in the initial stage of the criminal proceeding, s/t. since May, the defense side, both during individual investigative actions and during the hearings of the restraining order in court, has consistently stated that the existing documentation is not contested in any way, that is, it follows directly from the arguments of the investigating team conducting the proceedings that there is no crime in this case. which was directly confirmed by the decision to stop the criminal prosecution.
In other words, the defense side stated from the very beginning that the prosecutor presented the actions performed by Hayk Shamiryan unequivocally correctly, but it is unclear how he sees criminality in these actions.
it's better late than never - Hayk Shamiryan was acquitted by the decision of the same person conducting the proceedings.
It is also extremely important to emphasize the role of judge Razmik Marikyan during this criminal proceeding, because he was the judge conducting the investigation of the means of disruption within the framework of the pre-trial supervision, who, in the background of that commotion, reasonable suspicion in the case by the investigative team, and confirmations that the grounds for arrest were more than justified, however, not only did he not arrest, but later applied the administrative control restraining measure limiting a person's liberties to a lesser extent.
Although the defense side, as I mentioned above, also claimed during those sessions that talking about the grounds of arrest is pointless, because there is no reasonable suspicion, in any case, during the days of the "parade" of violent arrests, the Judge was able not to deviate from his professional height, to issue a judicial act based on from one's own internal belief and the current legislation.
I would also like to add that the criminal prosecution against Hayk Shamiryan's relative, Karen Kamoi Harutyunyan, under Article 236, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code, for having a material interest in participating in the gatherings, was also stopped on the basis of not performing the alleged act.
Summing up, after about half a year, two acquittals in the Investigative Committee and in the case when we insisted from the very beginning, in these criminal proceedings, even at the initial stage of the case investigation, there is a complete lack of reasonable suspicion.
