According to the information of “Pastinfo”, the conditions of serving the sentence of the former commander of the Armed Forces Jalal Harutyunyan have been changed. The anti-corruption court confirmed our information, stating that the Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan satisfied Jalal Harutyunyan’s appeal against the decision of the head of the Penitentiary.

As a result, the terms of Jalal Harutyunyan’s imprisonment have changed and he will continue to serve his sentence in the mild conditions of a low security zone. On January 15, he found Jalal Harutyunyan guilty under the 3rd part of Article 550 of the RA Criminal Code, sentencing him to imprisonment for 5.5 years. The Criminal Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Mkhitar Papoyan, composed of Judges Robert Papoyan and Lusine Abgaryan, left the guilty verdict unchanged in its ruling of June 18. The Court of Cassation did not accept the appeals, accordingly, on September 26, the guilty verdict entered into legal force, as a result, Harutyunyan was transferred to the Penitentiary in October to serve his sentence. Some time after his imprisonment, the conditions of his detention were changed.

Let’s remind that in one of the episodes in the case of the former commander of the Armed Forces Jalal Harutyunyan, in 2020. regarding the counterattack on October 7, the criminal prosecution was stopped while still in the preliminary investigation, and the other episode, which refers to the attack on the D20 division of “Tsori” military unit on October 12, was sent to court. According to the accusation, he, occupying the position of the commander of the Armed Forces, with the rank of lieutenant general, being an official person, a public servant, being a commander with a service position and a military rank due to his rank and position, having the authority to issue orders and orders arising from his authority and to ensure their execution, during the declared martial law in 2020. on October 12, showed a negligent attitude towards the service, as a result of dishonest and negligent attitude towards the performance of his official duties, he performed them improperly, which negligently caused serious consequences. In particular, according to the criminal case, during the enemy’s attack on the D20 division, the command of the division contacted Jalal Harutyunyan’s deputy, head of artillery, Gennady Baghdasaryan, and informed them about the enemy’s attack, but Jalal Harutyunyan, according to the case, said that the approachers were his own. The ban on absence was applied to Jalal Harutyunyan as a preventive measure.

—