Criminal liability for encroachment on the life and health of a person

Prosecutor's Office News Encroachment on the life and health of another person poses an increased public danger. Such encroachments are even more dangerous when they become a means of resolving interpersonal conflicts, a norm in relationships with people. 

The Prosecutor's Office of the Braslaŭ District supported the state prosecution in the Braslaŭ District Court in a criminal case against M. and Y., accused of committing a crime under paragraph 9 of part 2 of Article 147 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus – intentional infliction of serious bodily harm, that is, harm dangerous to life, committed by a group of persons.

During the court investigation, it was established that on one of the days in December 2023, local residents of the Braslaŭ District, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, while in the house of their acquaintance, on the grounds of suddenly arising personal animosity towards Y., intentionally inflicted no less than 14 blows with their hands and feet to his head and torso, thereby causing bodily harm to the victim, classified as serious bodily harm. The entire incident was filmed on video, in which one of the accused also showed his hands covered in blood after beating the victim.

In the court session, the accused M. partially admitted his guilt in the charges brought against him, explaining that the blows he inflicted on the victim did not have the characteristic signs of serious bodily harm. The accused Y. during the court investigation fully admitted his guilt in the crime attributed to him under paragraph 9 of part 2 of Article 147 of the Criminal Code.

In conjunction with the conclusions of expert examinations, protocols of investigative actions, physical evidence, and other written materials of the case examined during the court investigation, the guilt of M. and Y. in committing the crime under paragraph 9 of part 2 of Article 147 of the Criminal Code was proven in full. The evidence available in the materials of the criminal case allowed for the conclusion that the actions of the accused were intentional and targeted.

Taking into account the position of the state prosecution, the court found M. and Y. guilty of intentionally inflicting serious bodily harm, that is, harm dangerous to life, committed by a group of persons, and based on paragraph 9 of part 2 of Article 147 of the Criminal Code, sentenced each to imprisonment for a term of 6 years to be served in a high-security regime.

The verdict has not entered into legal force and may be appealed and contested in the appellate procedure.

Senior Assistant Prosecutor

of the Braslaŭ District E.S.Isakova

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