A court in the Turkestan Region has sentenced those involved in a case concerning police officers and an incident involving the seizure of a car, after which mining equipment worth a large sum was stolen. Two police officers received real prison sentences and were stripped of their ranks.
CASE OF ABUSE OF POWER
The proceedings took place in the Specialised Inter-District Criminal Court in the Turkestan Region.
According to case materials, in November 2024, the defendant B. informed police officers N. and A. about the alleged possible presence of narcotic substances in a vehicle belonging to the LLP «L.».
The court established that the police officers did not register the report and did not inform their superiors. Instead, they stopped the vehicle and placed it in an impound lot with B.'s involvement.
After the check, the presence of narcotics was not confirmed, and the participants left the scene of the incident.
WHAT DECISION DID THE COURT REACH ON THE FIRST INCIDENT
The court reclassified the actions of N. and A. under paragraph 3 of part 4 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan («Abuse of official powers»). They were each sentenced to three years in prison, with a lifelong ban from holding certain positions.
In accordance with Article 49 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, N. was stripped of the rank of police major, and A. of the rank of police lieutenant colonel.
The actions of B. were reclassified under part 5 of Article 28 and paragraph 3 of part 4 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He was sentenced to three years in prison with a lifelong ban from holding certain positions.
The charge under paragraph 2 of part 4 of Article 194 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan («Extortion») against B., N., and A. was considered unproven by the court — they were acquitted of this incident.
CASE OF THE THEFT OF MINING EQUIPMENT
Following these events, the defendants M. and Y. broke into the trailer of the vehicle which was in the impound lot and stole 1169 units of mining equipment belonging to the LLP «L.».
The amount of damage exceeded 100 million tenge, which was classified as particularly large-scale.
WHAT DECISION DID THE COURT REACH ON THE SECOND INCIDENT
The court found M. and Y. guilty under paragraph 3 of part 4 of Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan («Theft»).
Y. was sentenced to 4 years, 9 months, and 18 days in prison, with the application of the Law of 23 June 2025 «On Amnesty in Connection with the 30th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan».
M. received a suspended sentence of 4 years in prison under Article 63 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The court also ordered the convicted persons to jointly compensate the victim party for material damage amounting to over 67 million tenge.
STATUS OF THE VERDICT
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force and may be appealed.