ArmInfo The commander of the rifle company N of the military unit of the Defense Army during the period of martial law, amid the fighting, on November 2, 2020, without an order from the senior commander or permission to withdraw from their combat positions, instead of stopping the advance of the enemy, ordered military personnel to retreat, according to the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia.
Then, under the pretext of receiving bodily injuries that did not contain the characteristics of light damage, in the form of a "bruise, scratch, swelling of soft tissues in the area of the left knee joint", he applied for medical assistance and was released from official duties for several days.
Having recovered and returned to duty, on the night of November 5-6, 2020, the commander of a rifle company, having learned that he would be sent on a combat mission with the military personnel of the company, tried to convince Sergeant A.M. to harm his health artificially. Having received a refusal from Sergeant A.M., he himself decided to injure himself. On November 6, 2020, while heading to a combat position, the commander shot himself in the right thigh with a rifle assigned to him, inflicting moderate injuries.
By order of the commander of the RA Armed Forces of February 16, 2021, V.H. was relieved of his post. On July 22, 2023, the supervising prosecutor initiated a public criminal prosecution against V.H., under part 3 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code adopted on April 18, 2003 (refusal of military service or its separate duties by a military serviceman) and 363 (avoidance of military service or termination of its individual duties by causing harm to health (mutilation), simulation of illness or other illegal means). On August 1, 2023, the prosecutor sent the materials of the criminal case with the indictment to the Criminal Court of First Instance of Syunik Region.