The defense of A.Charchyan, accused in the criminal case under investigation by the RA Special Investigation Service, yesterday submitted a motion to the investigator of the RA Special Investigation Service to choose a personal guarantee as a precautionary measure against the accused.

“Taking into account that the defendant Armen Charchyan was remanded in custody by the decision of the Court of General Jurisdiction of the city of Yerevan dated 23 June, 2021, taking into account that according to Article 151, Part 3 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code the measure of restraint chosen by the court may be changed and eliminated by the court; and in the pre-trial proceedings in the criminal case, by the prosecutor, so the above-mentioned motion was sent by the investigator to the prosecutor for consideration.

Taking into account the above-mentioned, we at least consider it strange that the mentioned motion was submitted to the investigator of the RA Special Investigation Service. It would be desirable for the lawyers defending the accused to know the basic rules of criminal procedure, according to which the authority to change detention as a measure of restraint does not belong to the investigative body,” the statement reads.