The names of the participants in the case have been changed.
On the defendants' bench were a Kyrgyzstani named Erkin and an Uzbek named Mustafa. The investigation established that in April 2024, Erkin handed over hashish to Mustafa near a car wash in one of the city’s neighborhoods, receiving payment to his electronic wallet. Mustafa then resold the drug to third parties.
Subsequently, in May and June 2024, Erkin sold hashish to Mustafa again, who continued the chain of drug sales.
- According to the verdict of the Oktyabrsky District Court, Erkin was found guilty under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic "Illegal production of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their analogs for the purpose of sale." The court sentenced him to six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, but the sentence was conditionally suspended with probation supervision for four years.
- Mustafa was also found guilty under a similar article and was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. However, the court changed the verdict, sending him to a strict regime colony and ordering his deportation from the country.
However, the Supreme Court noted that there was no evidence of prior conspiracy between the convicts for the joint sale of drugs in the case materials. Each acted separately, which justified the separate qualification of their actions.
Moreover, the court indicated that when imposing the sentence, the confiscation of property was not applied, although it is provided for by the sanctions of the article.
As a result, the judicial panel of the Supreme Court changed the verdict of the Bishkek City Court as follows:
- Erkin was sentenced to six years of imprisonment with confiscation of property in a general regime colony.
- Mustafa received six years with confiscation of property in a strict regime colony.
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