Having completed the main trial in the case of Boban Inđić (S1 1 K 041550 21 Kri), the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered today, 19 January 2023, a first instance judgment finding the accused Boban Inđić guilty because, by the acts described in the enacting clause of the judgment, he committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians in violation of Article 142(1), as read with Article 22 of the CC SFRY. The Court sentenced the accused Boban Inđić to imprisonment for a term of 15 (fifteen) years.

The accused Boban Inđić is, inter alia, found guilty because, as the commander of the Intervention Company of the 2^nd Podrinje Light Infantry Brigade – Višegrad, along with other members of a military armed group he had earlier gathered along with M.L., which also included members of the Intervention Company of the 2^nd PLPB Višegrad, around 25 VRS soldiers, including Obrad Poluga, Novak Poluga, Dragan Šekarić, Oliver Krsmanović, Petko Inđić, Radojica Ristić, Mićo Jovičić and Miodrag Mitrašinović, during an armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the Army of Republika Srpska and the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the period between June 1992 and December 1995, in the territory of the Rudo and Višegrad municipalities, he acted in contravention of the rules of international law, violating Article 3(1) a) of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, in such a  manner that, as a co-perpetrator, he participated in the killings of 20 non-Serb civilians, previously taken off a train on the Belgrade – Bar route, in the place of Štrpci, Rudo municipality.

The parties and defense counsel can file an appeal from this judgment with a panel of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a period of 15 (fifteen) days after the receipt of a written judgment.

Following the delivery of the judgment, the Court also issued pursuant to Article 138(1) and Article 132(1) a) of the CPC BiH, a decision extending custody of Boban Inđić on the ground of the existence of circumstances referred to in Article 138 of the CPC BiH, in connection with the custody grounds set forth in Article 132(1) a) of the CPC BiH. Pursuant to the referenced decision, custody can last no longer than 9 (nine) months, that is, no longer than 19 October 2023 or until a new decision of the Court.

An appeal from this decision shall not stay its execution.