YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. No legal norm was violated in choosing arrest as measure of restraint for Zhirayr Sefilian. Commenting on the statement of Z. Sefilian's defence lawyers that the term of his arrest is over and it is illegal to keep him under arrest, the spokeswoman for the RA Prosecutor General Sona Truzian said that the criminal case was sent to court five days before the expiry of the term of arrest - on June 5. In accordance with Article 138 Point 3 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code, the procedure on the term of keeping Z. Sefilian under arrest has been suspended. "The procedure on the term of keeping the accused under arrest is suspended on the day when the prosecutor sends the criminal case to court," S. Truzian noted. According to Point 6 of the indicated article, no maximum term of keeping the accused under arrest is stipulated during examination of the case in court.

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