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.

According to the Indictment, from not later than 3 May 1992 to late 1993, in the framework of a widespread and systematic attack targeting the Bosniak and Croat civilian population in the territory of Doboj and Teslić municipalities, the accused Borislav Paravac, in his capacity as Head of the Crisis Staff of the Serb Municipality of Doboj, and the accused Andrija Bjelošević, in his capacity as Head of the Security Services Center Doboj  (CSB MUP RS) and also a member of the Crisis Staff of the Serb Municipality of Doboj, as participants in a joint criminal enterprise, carried out persecution of the Bosniak and Croat population in the municipalities of Doboj and Teslić, by way of murder, enforced transfer of population, detention and other forms of serious deprivation of physical liberty in violation of the fundamental rules of international law, by torture, forced disappearance of persons, and attack on civilian population and settlements, resulting in the death, serious bodily injury or serious deterioration of health, forced labor, pillaging and destruction of cultural, religious and historical monuments and institutions that served religious purposes, whereby the accused Borislav Paravac and Andrija Bjelošević would have committed the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 as read with Article 173 CC BiH, all in conjunction with Article 180(1) CC BiH.

The accused Milan Savić was charged that, in his capacity of de iure Assistant Head of the CSB Doboj, and de facto Deputy Head of the CSB Doboj, knowing of the attack and that his acts form a part thereof, with a discriminatory intent carried out the persecution of the Bosniak and Croat civilians of the Teslić municipality by way of murder, detention and other forms of serious deprivation of physical liberty, torture and other inhumane acts committed with the intent to inflict great suffering or serious bodily injury or mental anguish, whereby the accused would have committed the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 in conjunction with Article 180(1) CC BiH.

An appeal from the Judgment may be filed with the Appellate Division of the Court within 15 (fifteen) days of the day when a written copy thereof was received.