Following the appeal, a meeting was held with the convict, and the conclusion issued in respect of him and the grounds on which it was based were examined by staff of the Ombudsman’s Office. It was established that the information in the conclusion concerning the amount of material damage and the amount compensated did not correspond to the official documents, and that an incentive previously granted to the convict had not been taken into account. In connection with the circumstances identified, the Ombudsman submitted a formal submission to the Department for the Execution of Sentences under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On the basis of the submission, an internal investigation was conducted, and it was decided that the issue of imposing disciplinary measures on the responsible staff members would be considered by the Disciplinary Council.

Following this, the case of convict K.B. was reconsidered on the basis of the criteria established by law, with the full participation of the members of the commission. As a result, he was issued a conclusion confirming that he had embarked on the path of rehabilitation.

Subsequently, the materials concerning the convict were considered by the court. By a court decision, pursuant to Article 74 of the Criminal Code, the unserved part of K.B.’s sentence of imprisonment was replaced, for the same term, with another, more lenient type of punishment, and he was released from the penal institution.

Press Service of the Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman)