The employee of the “Scientific Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics” reported in the Central Department of the RA Police that on 21 March, 2014 at approximately 12:00 the driver of the vehicle “BMW” and its passenger had a dispute with the doctor in the yard of the mentioned scientific center. During the dispute the passenger hit and the driver shot on his face with a gas gun on the face of the doctor, causing bodily injury-informs the Special Investigatory Service of the RA.
On the incident, pursuant to the features of part 4, Article 258 of RA Criminal Code a criminal case was instituted and investigated in RA Investigation Committee Yerevan City Investigation Department.
Later, it was decided to discontinue the proceedings of the criminal case and not to implement a criminal prosecution because of the lack of the offence.
Conditioned by the factual circumstances of the case, starting from the necessity of guaranteeing multi-sided, complete and impartial investigation, RA Prosecutor General has sent the criminal case to RA Special Investigation Service.
Preliminary investigation is in progress.
Note: The suspect or the accused of the alleged offence is deemed innocent unless his or her innocence is proved by virtue of the effective court verdict in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia.
