On 30 April, the trial in the case of Judge Arusyak Aleksanyan, her assistant Tamara Petrosyan and Lawyer Erik Aleksanyan was continued in the Anti-Corruption Criminal Court. Judge Vahe Dolmazyan chaired the session.
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.
According to Iravaban.net, Arusyak Aleksanyan applied to the court, asking to provide the recordings of the court sessions held on 7 and 14 April, 14 June, 15 September, and 28 December, of 2023, and 10 January, 13 March and 8 April, 2024.
The court handed the records to the defendant.
The judge said that on 22 April, 2024, the court received an application from Arusyak Aleksanyan, where the latter asked to allow undergoing a medical examination on 26 April. With the permission of the court, she went accompanied by the police.
The prosecutor also presented the days during which absences were of the accused were registered. The judge noted that on those days, the court also received letters, according to which Arusyak Aleksanyan had to be absent from the court sessions, which were related to undergoing medical examinations.
According to the judge, it was not mentioned in the application that computer tomography was performed during the visit on 15 April, 2024, it was mentioned that according to the doctor, 11 more visits are needed to solve dental problems. The accused asked to be allowed to visit the clinic providing dental services at the specified address on 26 April, accompanied by a police officer.
The public prosecutor stated that he has the same position as he had during the previous court hearings and does not have any objection to visit for the check of health problems.
Defendant Arusyak Aleksanyan stated that it doesn’t matter if the probation service or the police officer will carry out her transfer, the fact is that the state has a direct positive duty to ensure the realization of her right to health care.
“I just suggested to do on my own account, so as not to cause trouble to the police. As for the ambulance, I submitted in the application: I do not have enough financial means to travel by ambulance, especially since 11 visits are scheduled, that is, AMD 330,000 will be spent only for my travel expenses. In addition, if I travel in an ambulance, in that case, who will conduct control over me or provide security,” Arusyak Aleksanyan said.
According to her, 11 visits are indicated approximately; maybe they will finish the work during a fewer visits. According to Aleksanyan, the next visit is scheduled for 3 May.
The judge demanded to provide the information regarding the visit and the result to the court in order to evaluate both the existing circumstances related to the health condition and the necessity of their realization.
The next court session in this case will be held on 29 May.
Mariam Shahnazaryan
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