The Panel of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent out the Second Instance Judgment in the case of Mustafa Vrabac (S1 2 K 044784 24 Kž), by which the appeal filed by the BiH Prosecutor’s Office was dismissed as ill-founded, and the First Instance Judgment of the Court of BiH of 6 September 2024 upheld.

Pursuant to Article 283 a) of the CPC BiH, the First Instance Judgment of the Court of BiH of 6 September 2024 dismissed the charges of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office against the accused Mustafa Vrabac. The Court of BiH found that it has no jurisdiction to rule in the concrete case, because the underlying elements of the criminal offenses charged against the accused under the Prosecution’s Indictment do not ensue from the accused’s described acts of commission, but rather the elements of other criminal offenses falling within the jurisdiction of another court.

The accused was charged with the criminal offenses of Forging of Official Document under Article 226(1) of the CC BiH and Accepting Reward or Other Form of Benefit for Trading in Influence under Article 219(1) of the CC BiH, all as read with Article 53 of the same Code.