A Court hearing for Derenik Gasparyan’s Case was held
11:42, February 17, 2012 | Press Release | Right to Fair Trial, Right to LifeThe hearing on the claim of A. Zalyan, the representative of the successor of Derenik Gasparyan, against the decision of the Senior Investigator at the Charentsavan Investigation Division of the Kotayk Region Department of General Investigation Department of the RA Police to close the case proceedings, took place on February 7, 2012, at the Kotayk Region Court of Common Jurisdiction.
The trial was presided by Judge H. Sargsyan. The participants of the hearing were A. Baghdasaryan, Senior Investigator at the Charentsavan Investigation Division, D. Mkrtchyan, the victim’s successor, A. Zalyan, Lawyer of HCA Vanadzor.
During the hearing, A. Zalyan, the representative of the successor of Derenik Gasparyan presented the claim and the violations committed by the inquest body, and the investigator tried to answer the imposed questions.
The hearing session adjourned becausethe working day was over and the next hearing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., February 17, 2012.
Ten-year-old Derenik Gasparyan was killed in a fight with his classmates on June 5, 2010, at Charentsavan School N 5. The General Investigation Department of the RA Police learned about the death case on June 5, 2010, but a criminal case was not instituted.
On July 21, 2010, the investigator of the Charentsavan Investigation Division of the RA Police initiated a criminal case on the fact of causing minor damage to health and not death.