The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
BIH PROSECUTOR´S OFFICE PUTS FORWARD A MOTION FOR CUSTODY AGAINST THE SUSPECT MILENKO KRSMANOVIĆ
19.06.2015. 15:25
The suspect for whom the Prosecutor in charge of the case has requested custody was deprived of liberty yesterday, in the area of Sokolac, by authorized members of the Police Department of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of the Interior and the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA).
The aforementioned suspect was deprived of liberty in the course of the action which uncovered and prevented the commission of a serious criminal offense, namely a planned killing of a well-known attorney-at-law from Sarajevo.
Having questioned the suspect, the Prosecutor in charge of the case has put forward a Motion with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina proposing the measure of custody for a term of one (1) month, for reasons as stipulated in Article 132, Paragraph 1, items b) and c) of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Inter alia, the measure of custody has been proposed due to the risk that the suspect, if at large, might conceal evidence, or influence witnesses or accessories in order to prevent the collection of evidence or the conduct of the investigation, but also due to the justified fear that the suspect, if at large, might repeat the same criminal offense or commit a similar criminal offense.
The Motion for Custody has been submitted to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
