The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced, on 24 November 2022, the first instance judgment in the case of Zijad Mutap and others (S1 2 K 040832 21 K), under which the accused Zijad Mutap, Alisa Ramić, Hasan Dupovac, Josip Barić and Muamer Ožegović are acquitted of the charges pursuant to Article 284c) of the CPC BiH, because it has not been proved that, by the acts described in the operative part of the judgment, they indeed committed the following criminal offenses:

• the accused Zijad Mutap – Organized Crime under Article 342(3) in connection with the criminal offenses of Illegal Interceding under Article 382(2), Accessory after the Fact under Article 346(2) of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CC FBiH) and Tampering with Evidence under Article 349(1) of the CC FBiH;

• the accused  Alisa Ramić - Organized Crime under Article 342(3) in connection with the criminal offenses Accessory after the Fact under Article 346(2) of the CC FBiH, Tampering with Evidence under Article 349(1) of the CC FBiH and Giving False Statement under Article 348(3) in connection with Paragraph (1) of the CC FBiH;

• the accused  Hasan Dupovac - Organized Crime under Article 342(2), in connection with the criminal offenses of Illegal Interceding under Article 382(2) and Accessory after the Fact under Article 346(2) of the CC FBiH;

• the accused  Josip Barić - Organized Crime under Article 342(2), in connection with the criminal offenses of Illegal Interceding under Article 382(2) and Accessory after the Fact under Article 346(2) of the CC FBiH;

• the accused  Muamer Ožegović - Organized Crime under Article 342(2), in connection with the criminal offense of Accessory after the Fact under Article 346(2) of the CC FBiH.

AN appeal may be filed from this judgment before the panel of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina within 15 (fifteen) days after the receipt of a written copy of the judgment.

Audio-recording of the announcement of the judgment is available at the web page of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, link: https://www.sudbih.gov.ba/Court/Case/2042.