YEREVAN, MARCH 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On March 23, Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash communities' general jurisdiction court pronounced a sentence, by which Gagik Jhangirian was found guilty of committing a crime envisaged by Article 316, part 1, RA Criminal Code (using violence to a power representative) and sentenced him to 3 years' imprisonment. The start of serving the punishment was counted from 2008 February 23. As NT was informed by the RA Cassation Court Spokesperson Alina Yengoyan, the same day Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash communities' general jurisdiction court made a decision sustaining prosecutor party's petition on giving time for changing defendants' accusations on the criminal case of former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian and others in connection with use of the respective law on amending Articles 225 and 300, RA Criminal Code, adopted by the RA National Assembly. The next court sitting on the above mentioned criminal case was appointed on April 1.

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