S1 1 K 020503 16 Kri Paravac Borislav et al.

The subject arose: By filing an Indictment

Prosecutor's number: T 20 0 KTRZ 11541 15

Number of parties: 3

Prosecutor: Džermin Pašić

Preliminary Hearing Judge: Halil Lagumdžija

Acting Judicial Council / single judge in first instance proceedings: Davorin Jukić, Darko Samardžić, Minka Kreho

Confirmation date: 12.01.2016.



Department: Section I


The factual substrate of the indictment:

The indictment alleged that during the period between no later than 3 May 1992 and the end of 1993, within a widespread and systematic attack directed against the civilian Bosniak and Croat population in the territory of Doboj and Teslić municipalities, Milan Ninković, in the capacity of a member of the Staff of the Serb Municipality, Borislav Paravac, as the President of the Crisis Staff of the Serb Municipality Doboj, Andrija Bjelošević, as the Chief of the Security Services Center Doboj MUP RS and at the same time a member of the Crisis Staff of the Serb Municipality Doboj, as participants in the joint criminal enterprise, with the aim to persecute the Bosniak and Croat population on ethnic and religious grounds, and Milan Savić, as the Deputy Chief of the CSB Doboj, being aware of such an attack, and knowing that his acts formed an integral part of the attack, with the discriminatory intent, persecuted the civilian Bosniak and Croat population by killings, imprisonment and other severe deprivation of physical liberty and other inhumane acts committed with the intent to inflict severe suffering or serious physical and mental harm.

 


Case in progress

Defendant: Borislav Paravac
Defender: Suzana Tomanović, Svetlana Lazić
Judgment / Decision
Defendant: Andrija Bjelošević
Defender: Miodrag Stojanović
Judgment / Decision
Defendant: Milan Savić
Defender: Milorad Rašević, Jovan Gostić
Judgment / Decision

1.

Defendant: Borislav Paravac
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH), u vezi sa članom 180. stav 1., u vezi sa članom 29. KZ BiH.
Place of committment: Općina Doboj
Committment year: 1992. - 1993.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined

2.

Defendant: Andrija Bjelošević
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH), u vezi sa članom 180. stav 1., u vezi sa članom 29. KZ BiH.
Place of committment: Općina Doboj
Committment year: 1992. - 1993.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined

3.

Defendant: Milan Savić
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH), u vezi sa članom 180. stav 1., u vezi sa članom 29. KZ BiH.
Place of committment: Općina Doboj
Committment year: 1992. - 1993.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined
Defendant: Milan Savić
Pritvor Period: 03.09.2014.-
Mjere osiguranja Prohibition of meeting with certain persons Period: 21.01.2016.-
Defendant: Borislav Paravac
Mjere osiguranja Prohibition of meeting with certain persons Period: 21.01.2016.-
Defendant: Andrija Bjelošević
Mjere osiguranja Prohibition of meeting with certain persons Period: 21.01.2016.-

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed Indictment against Milan Ninković, Borislav Paravac, Andrija Bjelošević and Milan Savić on 12 January 2016. According to the Indictment, the accused are charged with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 paragraph 1 and Article 173 paragraph 1 of the CC of BIH, all in conjunction with Article 180 paragraph 1 of the CC of BIH.

 

At the plea hearing bheld on 22 February 2016 efore Section I for War Crimes of the Court, in the Milan Ninković et al. case, the accused Milan Ninković, Borislav Paravac, Andrija Bjelošević and Milan Savić pleaded not guilty of the criminal offence of Crimes against Humanity.  

 

The main trial was initiated on 5 April 2016. The prosecution is currently presenting its evidence.

On 6 August 2024 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered a Trial Judgment in the case of Borislav Paravac et al., acquitting the accused Borislav Paravac, Andrija Bjelošević and Milan Savić of all charges, pursuant to Article 284c) of the CPC BiH, for it was not proven that by the acts described in the operative part of the Judgment they committed the criminal offense with which they were charged in the Indictment.