The measure of restraint of Judge Arusyak Aleksanyan was changed.

In a conversation with Iravaban.net , lawyer Erik Aleksanyan, one of the defendants in the case, said that the detention was replaced by house arrest.

The last few sessions in the mentioned case were held behind closed doors.

Aleksanyan was arrested in October 2022.

Public prosecutor Armen Gevorgyan objected to the change of the measure of restraint, but the court, taking into account the fact that most of the witnesses were questioned and the alleged grounds for the defendant to obstruct the investigation, applied house arrest.

To remind: On 17 October, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Council approved the petitions of the General Prosecutor’s Office regarding the initiation of criminal prosecution against Judge Arusyak Aleksanyan and provided consent to deprivation of liberty. Within the framework of the same case, the lawyer Erik Aleksanyan was also charged under Article 46-441 of the Criminal Code, that is, he assisted an official in abusing office or official powers or the influence caused by them or exceeding the powers. In the framework of this case, Arusyak Aleksanyan’s assistant Tamara Petrosyan was also charged.

According to the accusation, the judge is accused of making an obviously unjust court act and abusing official powers. She satisfied the petition of Erik Aleksanyan, the defense attorney of Sergey Grigoryan, who is known as “Faz”, by changing the measure of restrain and releasing him from custody for a bail of 2.5 million drams. According to the prosecution, Sergey Grigoryan is a friend of Arusyak Aleksanyan’s brother, Rustam Aleksanyan.

The defendants do not accept the charges against them.