Ruling on the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the criminal case of Ranko Debevec et al., on 23 July 2025 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a Decision partly granting the appeal of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, so the Decision of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina No. S1 2 K 047095 25 Ko of 8 July 2025 is revoked and the case remanded to the first-instance court for reconsideration, whereas the appeals filed by defense counsel for the suspects Ranko Debevec, Osman Mehmedagić and Milisav Pijuk, are dismissed as ill-founded.

The Panel partly granted the Prosecutor’s appeal, revoked the first-instance decision, and remanded the case to the first-instance court for reconsideration, with an instruction to remove the deficiencies indicated in the Decision (i.e. to decide on the Indictment).

At the same time, mindful of the reasons for which the Prosecutor’s appeal was (partly) granted, the Panel has found that the appeals filed by defense counsel for the suspects, which challenged the decision in completely different part - concerning the determination of the court with territorial jurisdiction, are unfounded.

The suspects Ranko Debevec, Osman Mehmedagić and Milisav Pijuk have been charged that, by the acts described in the Indictment, they committed the criminal offense of Abuse of Office or Official Duty under Article 220(1) of the CC BiH, Forgery of Official Document under Article 226(2) of the CC BiH, as read with Articles 29 and 53 of the CC BiH, and the criminal offense under Article 29 of the BiH Gender Equality Law, False Impersonation under Article 369(1) of the CC FBiH and Accepting Reward and Other Forms of Benefit for Trading in Influence under Article 219(1) of the CC BiH.