S1 1 K 017626 15 Krž Marjanović Dragan et al.

Prosecutor's number: T20 0 KTRZ 0003236 05

Number of parties: 5

Prosecutor: Džermin Pašić

Acting Judicial Council / single judge in first instance proceedings: Vesna Jesenković, Staniša Gluhajić, Šaban Maksumić

Acting Judicial Council / single judge in second instance proceedings: Senadin Begtašević, Mirko Božović, Tihomir Lukes

Confirmation date: 06.11.2014.

Final decision rendered on: 26.04.2019.


Department: Section I


Defendant: Dragan Marjanović
Judgment / Decision
Defendant: Saša Gavranović
Judgment / Decision Condemning
Defendant: Vitomir Dević
Judgment / Decision Condemning
Defendant: Zoran Šljuka
Judgment / Decision Condemning
Defendant: Dragomir Kezunović
Judgment / Decision

1.

Place of committment: Teslić
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined

2.

Defendant: Saša Gavranović
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. tačka h) i tačke a) istog člana, a u vezi sa članom 29. i članom 180. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH).
Place of committment: Teslić
Committment year: 1992.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined

3.

Defendant: Vitomir Dević
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. tačka h) i tačke a) istog člana, a u vezi sa članom 29. i članom 180. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH).
Place of committment: Teslić
Committment year: 1992.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined

4.

Defendant: Zoran Škulja
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. tačka h) i tačke a) istog člana, a u vezi sa članom 29. i članom 180. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH).
Place of committment: Teslić
Committment year: 1992.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined

5.

Defendant: Dragomir Kezunović
Offense: Zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. tačka h) i tačke a) istog člana, a u vezi sa članom 29. i članom 180. stav 1. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine (KZ BiH).
Place of committment: Teslić
Committment year: 1992.
Number of injured / victims: The exact number has not been determined
Defendant: Dragan Marjanović
Pritvor Period: 01.09.2014.-26.09.2018
Defendant: Saša Gavranović
Pritvor Period: 01.09.2014-30.09.2014, 23.10.2014-28.10.2014
Defendant: Vitomir Dević
Pritvor Period: 01.09.2014-30.09.2014, 23.10.2014-28.11.2014
Defendant: Zoran Škulja
Pritvor Period: 01.09.2014-30.09.2014, 23.10.2014-28.11.2014
On 26 November 2014, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the Indictment against the accused Dragan Marjanović, Saša Gavranović, Vitomir Dević, Zoran Šljuka, Dragomir Kezunović and Dario Slavuljica charging them with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)(h) – persecution, in conjunction with murder from sub-paragraph a) of the same Article, as read with Article 29 and Article 180(1) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
At the plea hearing held on 26 December 2014, in the Dragan Marjanović et al. case, all the accused pleaded not guilty.
 
The main trial in this case was initiated on 12 February 2015.
Panel of Judges composed of: Jesenković Vesna, Gluhajić Staniša, Maksumić Šaban
 
On July 12 2018, the Panel of Judges of Section I for War Crimes at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, having completed a trial in the criminal case against Dragan Marjanović et al., delivered a judgment in relation to Dragan Marjanović, Saša Gavranović, Vitomir Dević, Zoran Šljuka and Dragomir Kezunović, who were all found guilty of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)h) - persecution, as read with deprivation of life under Subparagraph a) of the same Article, in conjunction with Articles 29 and 180(1) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In that regard, the accused persons received the sentences as follows: Saša Gavranović, Vitomir Dević and Zoran Šljuka 17 (seventeen) years of imprisonment each, while Dragomir Kezunović was sentenced to 14 (fourteen) years in prison.
 

The session of the Appellate Panel was held on  22 April 2019.

Panel of Section I for War Crimes of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH/Court) delivered a second-instance Judgment in Case no. S1 1 K 017626 18 Krž 6, dismissing as ill-founded the respective appeals of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and counsel for the accused Dragomir Kezunović and granting the respective appeals of counsel for the accused Dragan Marjanović, Saša Gavranović, Vitomir Dević and Zoran Šljuka. Consequently, Judgment of the Court of BiH of 12 July 2018 is reversed in the part pertaining to the decision on the punishment, as follows: the accused Dragan Marjanović, Saša Gavranović, Vitomir Dević and Zoran Šljuka, for the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 paragraph 1 subparagraph (h) as read with subparagraph (a), all in conjunction with Article 180(1) and Article 29 of the CC BiH, for which they have been found guilty under the trial judgment, are sentenced to imprisonment: Dragan Marjanović - 14 (fourteen) years' imprisonment; Saša Gavranović , Vitomir Dević and Zoran Šljuka - 15 (fifteen) years' imprisonment each. The trial judgment shall otherwise remain unaffected.


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