Judgment pronounced in Miroslav Bovan et al.

09.03.2023, 09:42

Having held a guilty plea agreement consideration hearing and a sentencing hearing in the case of Miroslav Bovan et al., on 7 March 2023 the Court of BiH delivered and pronounced a Judgment finding the accused Miroslav Bovan, Nedžad Omerović and Stevan Teletina guilty that in the manner described in the operative part of the Judgment they committed the offenses as follows:

  • the accused Miroslav Bovan – as an official person in the institutions of BiH, failing to perform his official duties, enabled another to obtain property gain, whereby he committed the criminal offense of Abuse of Office or Official Authority under Article 220(1) CC BiH;
  • the accused Nedžad Omerović – as an official person in the institutions of BiH, he failed to report the criminal offense that carries a sentence of not less than five years of imprisonment or a heavier punishment, whereby he committed the criminal offense of Failure to Report a Criminal Offense or a Perpetrator under Article 230(2), as read with Paragraph 1 CC BiH;
  • the accused Stevan Teletina – gave money so that an official person in the institutions of BiH does not perform an official act he was supposed to perform, whereby he committed the criminal offense of Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit under Article 218(1) CC BiH.

 

The Court imposed the following sentences on the accused:

  • the accused Miroslav Bovan – a suspended sentence of 8 (eight) months of imprisonment, while ordering that the sentence shall not be carried out unless the accused commits another criminal offense within 1 (one) year and 6 (six) months of the day when the Judgment becomes final;
  • the accused Nedžad Omerović – a fine in the amount of 2,000.00 BAM, which he shall pay within 2 (two) months of the day when the Judgment becomes final;
  • the accused Stevan Teletina – a suspended sentence of 6 (six) months of imprisonment, while ordering that the sentence shall not be carried out unless the accused commits another criminal offense within 1 (one) year of the day when the Judgment becomes final. The accused shall make the payment of 90 BAM in the name of duties he was supposed to pay on importing livestock in BiH, which is the amount the BiH budget has been damaged for by the commission of this criminal offense.