In accordance with the updated CPC in Kazakhstan, for the first time was considered an "electronic criminal case"

In the Abay district court of Shymkent, a criminal case on charges of A., betrayed by the court under paragraph 3 of Part 2 of Art. 188 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was received in electronic format.

According to the circumstances of the case, A. on December 20, 2017, at approximately 4 pm, in order to steal someone else's property, he entered the victim's house, from where he stole a heater worth 30,000 tenge and fled the scene of the crime.

In the course of the main trial, the parties came to reconciliation.

The court released A. from criminal responsibility in connection with reconciliation with the victim and reimbursement to her defendants of the harm caused. The criminal case was dismissed.

The electronic format of considering of criminal cases will shorten the investigation time and financial costs, minimize the risks of falsifying materials, provide access to materials in real time, and simplify the procedure for collecting evidence and drafting procedural documents.

It will be recalled that, on December 21, 2017, the Criminal Procedure Code of the RK introduced amendments, including Article 42-1 "Format of Criminal Justice", which allows conducting criminal proceedings in paper and electronic formats.