Minsk resident received 3 years of restriction of freedom with confiscation of a car for refusing a medical examination

August 16, Minsk. The prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Minsk in an offsite court session supported the state prosecution in a criminal case against a Minsk resident who was charged with refusing to undergo an examination to determine the state of alcoholic intoxication , earlier the man committed a crime under Part 1 of Article 317-1 of the Criminal Code, BelTA informs with reference to the Information Service of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office.

In March 2022, the accused was convicted by the court of the Pukhovichi district of the Minsk region under Part 1 of Article 317-1 of the Criminal Code for driving while intoxicated. He did not draw the proper conclusions and in June 2022 he again drove a Ford Mondeo car with obvious signs of intoxication. The man was detained by police officers, after which he was taken to the Minsk City Clinical Narcological Center for an examination to identify the state of intoxication, which he refused to undergo.

Taking into account the evidence presented by the public prosecutor, the court of the Leninsky district of Minsk passed a guilty verdict. On the basis of Part 2 of Article 317-1 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom for a period of 3 years without being sent to an open correctional institution with a fine of 500 BV (1 BV - Br32), with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to management all types of vehicles, for a period of 7 years 9 months 23 days. The Ford Mondeo car driven by the accused was confiscated in accordance with Article 46-1 of the Criminal Code.

The verdict has not entered into force, it can be appealed and protested on appeal.