The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina pronounced today, 5 January 2024, the first instance judgment in the case of Dragan Šojić (S1 2 K 042903 23 K) acquitting the accused Dragan Šojić pursuant to Article 284 a) of the CPC BiH of the charges because the criminal offense charged against the accused is not provided for as a criminal offense by the law. In addition, pursuant to Article 283 e) of the CPC BiH, the Court dismissed the charges in relation to certain acts alleged in the Indictment due to the existing circumstances, which exclude criminal prosecution.

The Court also terminated the restrictive measure-travel ban previously imposed on the accused Dragan Šojić under Article 126(2) of the CPC BiH.

The Indictment of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office, inter alia, charged the Dragan Šojić that, in his capacity of an official person, while performing the activities of the director of Joint Activity Service of the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as of the Deputy Director of Joint Activity Service of the Institutions, he exceeded the limits of his official authority related to the use of official vehicles, and abused his official authority in as  much as he used to sign the work attendance records, the so called shift list as follows: in 2019, for February, June, July, September, October and November; in 2020, for March, September and October; in  2021, for May, October and November; and in 2022, for January, February and March. Thus, despite being aware that the recorded data on his work attendance were untrue, based on which records the salary and hot meals were calculated, he obtained for himself the property gain in the mount of 15,563.58 KM, and damaged the BiH budget for the indicated amount, by which acts he would have committed the criminal offense of Abuse of Office or Official Authority under Article 220(2) in connection with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH, as read with Article 54 of the same Code.