Criminal case

Our client A.A., accused of murder under aggravating circumstances, was released from custody by decision of the court of first instance of general jurisdiction of the Kotayk region of the Republic of Armenia, and the preventive measure chosen against him in the form of detention was replaced by house arrest.

The Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia rejected the motion presented by the investigator to apply detention as a preventive measure against our client H.G., who is accused of a grave crime (particularly large-scale fraud) in the case of alleged abuse at the Arabkir Municipality.

In July 2024, the defendant A.H. approached us to take over the protection of his interests within the framework of the criminal case being investigated against him.

In the criminal case initiated by the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia, Andranik Mnatsakanyan, a lawyer from our firm, represented the client B.B., who on October 11, 2024, was charged with three counts of serious crimes under point 3 of part 2 of Article 435 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, as well as medium-gravity crimes under part 1 of Article 447 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, namely: receiving a bribe by an official for patronage and failure to take measures to halt the unauthorized construction of a building or structure.

On October 7, 2024, the General Jurisdiction Criminal Court of Yerevan rejected the investigator’s motion to extend the detention period of our client, Sh.K., who is accused of illegally crossing the border of the Republic of Armenia with forged documents.

On September 30, 2024, the trial regarding our client A.H. and two other defendants concluded in the General Jurisdiction Court of the Lori Region, presided over by our lawyers Andranik Mnatsakanyan and Arsen Sardaryan. In this criminal case, A.H. was charged under Article 469, Part 3, Point 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia for the serious crime of illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of Armenia by a group of individuals with prior agreement. According to the published verdict, the court did not apply the imposed penalty of imprisonment conditionally on A.H. and the other two defendants, instead establishing a probation period. We thank Judge Armen Shiroyan for conducting a fair trial and rendering a humanitarian judicial act.