A month's detention for two suspected abuse of official duty

In this way, the Court of Appeals has approved the Special Prosecutor's complaint against the Constitutional Court's ruling in Pristina, dated 27.09.2019, under which the defendants in question were assigned house arrest measures.

“R.I is suspected that, in the quality of the official person -- namely, the judge of the Constitutional Court in Mitrovica -- has committed the criminal work” due to the use of official position or authority” of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo. While B.G., in the quality of a member of the police, has committed criminal acts “due to the use of official position or authority “from the same article, and “Retaining” by Article 421 par. 1 of this code. The Court of Appeals, after praising all circumstances, considers that the first - degree court has acted incorrectly when the suspects have appointed the measure of house arrest, not reasoning the causes leading up to making such a decision. The appeal estimates that, in the concrete case, all legal conditions have been met for the appointment of conform detention provisions to Article 187, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 and 2, points 1.2.1, 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 of the Penal Procedure Code”, said in the communiqué.