The appellate court accepted that there was evidence of illegal behavior on the part of the accused, but the evidence available during the pre-trial proceedings was not sufficient to justify detention in custody. There is also no evidence of actual behavior aimed at hiding or committing another crime.
According to the appellate instance, the purpose of the measures for non-abortion, defined in Article 57 of the Criminal Procedure Code – to prevent an accused person from absconding, committing a crime or thwarting the enforcement of a sentence, can be achieved to a sufficient extent and with more a light remand for each of them.
The appellate court found that the measure of remand “cash guarantee” for each of them is adequate to the charges raised, the evidence collected and the accused themselves.
Since materials gathered with special intelligence tools were attached to the case, the court session was held behind closed doors
Gochev has been charged with participating, together with Kaludov, in an organized criminal group led by Dinko Valev since October 2021. until 16.04.2024, created for a selfish purpose and with the aim of committing crimes in concert in the country – under Art. 213a and Art. 214 of the Criminal Code. He was also brought in for a crime committed in complicity with Dinko against a witness – coercion under Article 214, Paragraph 2, Item 2 and Item 3 of the Criminal Code for the period from 10/13/2021. until 16.11.2021, as well as for an attempt to commit such a crime, again in complicity with Valev., according to another witness for the time from 25.11.2022. until 04/06/2023
Kaludov was brought in as a defendant on the same date for participation, together with Gochev, in an organized criminal group led by Valev, from October 2021. until 16.04.2024, created for a selfish purpose and with the aim of committing crimes in concert in the country – under Art. 213a and Art. 214 of the Criminal Code – a crime under Art. 321, paragraph 3, item 2, paragraph paragraph 2 of NK.
