0 8000 12 11

On September 9, 2015, the General Jurisdiction Court of Ararat and Vayots Dzor Marzes (Regions) in Yeghegnadzor, RA, presided by Judge H. Petrosyan, held a court hearing to examine the appeal of Artur Sakunts, representative of victim’s successor Murad Khachatryan, under the case of serviceman Grisha Khachatryan’s death. In this appeal, A. Sakunts required to stop the violation of Grisha Khachatryan’s rights and forward the case for supplementary investigation. The hearing was attended by M. Khachatryan’s representative Tatevik Siradeghyan, Levon Yeghoyan, Deputy Head of 8th Garrison Investigation Department under RA Investigative Committee General Military Investigation Department responsible for the investigation, and Anushavan Harutyunyan, Deputy Military Prosecutor at the Garrison. At the hearing, T. Siradeghyan stated that the aggrieved party had not yet got familiar with the discontinued criminal case files and motioned to the Court to make it possible for them to access the files and make as much copies as necessary. To this end, T. Siradeghyan requested the Court to adjourn the hearing. The other parties to the trial did not object to the motion. By finding the motion well-grounded, the Court upheld it and adjourned the hearing till September 28, 2015, 4 pm.
Note that on June 20, 2014, at about 10:35 am, G. Khachatryan, conscript serviceman at RA Defense Ministry military unit N, died of bullet wounds in the right side of his head, at the military unit base watch post. On June 20, 2014, criminal proceedings were initiated under murder, and G. Khachatryan was considered a victim. Yet, the preliminary investigation resulted in a decree to discontinue the criminal proceedings due to lack of elements of crime.