A resident of East Kazakhstan sued the police department over traps and sable pelts.

A resident of the East Kazakhstan region has filed a lawsuit against the Altai District Police Department, seeking compensation for material damages resulting from the destruction of sable pelts, which he values at nearly 1.2 million tenge, reports NUR.KZ, citing the regional court.

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According to the official court account on Facebook, the plaintiff justified his claims by stating that in 2023, a resolution from the senior investigator of the Altai district police department terminated the criminal case against him under part 2 of article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan due to the absence of criminal elements, and the physical evidence in the form of traps and sable skins was destroyed.

The plaintiff believes that the police department should have returned the items that belonged to him as physical evidence. In this regard, the man requested the court to recover material damages amounting to 1,177,000 tenge for the destroyed 10 sable skins and to return 6 traps.

"The defendant did not acknowledge the claim, arguing that during the pre-trial investigation, the aggrieved party was the Forestry and Wildlife Inspection and that a court decision had already imposed liability on the plaintiff for damages caused to the state, therefore he requested the dismissal of the claim." - the court clarified.

The court established that the senior investigator of the police department, in accordance with article 118 of the Criminal Procedure Code, had resolved the issue regarding the fate of the physical evidence.

Moreover, the Kazakhstani did not appeal the resolution to terminate the criminal case, which has entered into legal force. The court did not find any illegal actions or inactions by the police department.

The court's decision denied the claim for compensation of material damages and the return of traps to the Kazakhstani. He disagreed with the court's ruling and filed a complaint with a higher court.

"Since the first-instance court correctly applied the norms of substantive and procedural law, there were no grounds for the higher court to grant the plaintiff's appeal," - noted the court.

The decision has already entered into legal force.

Earlier in Atyrau, a police lieutenant was sentenced in a case of fraud involving 300,000 tenge, which he received for terminating a criminal case being handled by another official. The defendant was fined 6 million tenge.

In Temirtau, a forensic expert was convicted for stealing money from the bank card of a deceased local resident. The police captain was found guilty of abuse of power and embezzlement of 182,000 tenge. The punishment was set as a restriction of freedom.