Judge`s decision on Samvel Karapetyan case one more incitement to legal absurdity - lawyer 

ArmInfo. The significant procedural violations committed during the consideration of the appeal against the clearly illegal detention of the President of the Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan in the Criminal Court of Appeal were noted in previously filed applications, and it was clearly stated that justice should not be expected from a judge with the lowest rating. This is stated in a statement by the businessman's  group of lawyers, who commented on the decision of the judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal Armen Danielyan, who rejected the appeal of the defense.

The lawyers quoted an excerpt from a court ruling sent from the Court of Criminal Appeal: "The Court of Appeal considers that the issues raised are much deeper: which in this case cannot be considered from the point of view of reasonable suspicion:". "In other words, according to the court, since the issues are "deep", the absence of reasonable doubt in the commission of the incriminated act by Samvel Karapetyan is not recorded, and the judicial act is left unchanged, without presenting any significant legal arguments. It is as a result  of such "legal" decisions that the professional community does not expect a fair trial from the said judge, since this is another  incitement to legal absurdity and another indication that this case is political persecution. In this case, there is no data at all  related to Article 422 of the Criminal Code. It is noteworthy that  the court did not consider this article at all in the context of the  decision of the Constitutional Court and the Court of Cassation, did not touch upon the widely discussed issue that the conclusions of the Prosecutor General cannot be considered within the framework of reasonable suspicion, especially since this conclusion was not even attached to the case materials. Judge Armen Danielyan, without any legal analysis and argumentation, simply indicating in the judicial act on "objective observer", found that the findings of the trial court were allegedly lawful. From a legal point of view, the fact  that a judge who is clearly subject to recusal refers to an  "objective observer" is a clear indicator of the absence of justice or a mockery of the law.

It is noteworthy that the part of the judicial act issued by the  judge of the first instance on the extension of Samvel Karapetyan's detention from June 18, 2025, takes up only two pages, that is, the requirements for the reasoning part of the judicial act were not met. At the same time, since it was clear to the professional community what purpose the prosecutor's motion pursued, it was also rejected. The planned procedural actions will be presented below, including in relation to the aforementioned judge," the lawyers said in a statement.

Recall that on July 4, the Armenian Court of Appeal upheld the  decision of the first instance on the preventive measure in the form of arrest against the head of the Tashir Group of Companies, Samvel Karapetyan, who is accused of publicly calling for the seizure of power. Moreover, the charges were brought immediately after the businessman spoke out in defense of the Armenian Apostolic Church.