According to the report of Fars news agency’s judicial group, citing the public relations of the Supreme Court, the meeting of the general board with the investigation of the persistent criminal case on the subject of theft, subject of 654 of the Islamic Penal Code in the penal department, was attended by Hojjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Seyyed Ahmad Mortazavi Moghadam, the head of the Supreme Court and High-ranking judges were held.
In this meeting, there was a discussion and investigation about the disagreement between the 17th branch of the Supreme Court and the 3rd and 1st branches of the criminal courts of the central province located in Saveh city, regarding the need to determine the minimum legal punishment in the cases of mitigating the crime.
The third branch of the criminal court of a central province has sentenced the defendants to five years and one day of 4th degree imprisonment due to their participation in the theft, despite being entitled to a reduction, while the seventeenth branch of the Supreme Court of Iran has sentenced the defendants to five years and one day of 4th degree imprisonment due to the fact that the court should be less than the minimum determined the punishment, in violation of the petition for appeal, the case has been referred to the same branch for re-examination.
Finally, after discussion and investigation, out of the total of 65 judges present in the meeting, 62 recognized the decision of the 17th branch of the Supreme Court as in accordance with the legal standards.
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