In 2021 556 criminal cases initiated according to relevant articles of the RA Criminal Code on domestic violence have been investigated in the RA Investigative Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).

Out of the mentioned criminal cases 13 have been on murder envisaged by the Article 104 of RA Criminal Code, 1 – on murder of a newly born child by the mother envisaged by the Article 106, 1 – on causing death by negligence envisaged by the Article 109, 5 - causing to commit suicide envisaged by the Article 110, 2 – on abetment of suicide envisaged by the Article 111, 12 -  on infliction of willful heavy damage to health envisaged by the Article 112, 7 – on  infliction of willful medium-gravity damage to health envisaged by the Article 113, 30 – on infliction of willful light damage to health envisaged by the Article 117, 285 – on battery envisaged by the Article 118, 23 – on causing strong pain or mental sufferance envisaged by the Article 119, 1 - on inflicting medium-gravity damage through negligence envisaged by the Article 121, 4 – on kidnapping envisaged by the Article 131, 4 – on illegal deprivation of  freedom envisaged by the Article 133, 39 – on threat to murder, to inflict heavy damage to one’s health or to destroy property envisaged by the Article 137, 2 – on rape envisaged by the Article 138, 3 – on violent sexual actions envisaged by the Article 139, 7 – on sexual intercourse or other sexual acts with a person obviously under 16 envisaged by the Article 141, 2 – on lecherous acts envisaged by the Article 142,  29 – on hindering to visits of parent or other close relative to the child envisaged by the Article 167.1, 6 – on sale or purchase of child for the purpose of taking up care envisaged by the Article 168, 2 – on reporting false information to civil registration authorities envisaged by the Article 169.1, 1 – on failure to fulfill the duty of rearing the child envisaged by the Article 170, 20 – on willful evasion from supporting one’s child by the parent envisaged by the Article 173, 4 – on willful destruction or spoilage of property envisaged by the Article 185, 40 – on willful failure to carry out an effective court sentence envisaged by the Article 353.1 and 13 on other crimes.

129 of 556 criminal cases have been completed and with the bill of indictment on 135 people have been sent to court, 3 have been sent to court for using compulsory medical measures, proceeding of 252 criminal cases has been terminated 112 of them on acquittal, 140 – on non-acquittal base, proceeding of 31 criminal cases has been suspended 17 of which due to the circumstance that the person having committed the crime is under prosecution, 14 – the person having committed the crime is unknown. 8 criminal cases have been sent according to subordination, 53 criminal cases have been combined, 80 criminal cases have been moved to 2022.

Within the above-mentioned criminal cases 272 people have been involved as a defendant 8 of which are between 14 and 18, 113 – between 18 and 35, 151 – over 35 years old. 8 defendants have been previously convicted.

Out of the crime committed in the family 19 have been committed by mother 12 of which – against juvenile child, 27 have been committed by father 16 of which – against juvenile child, 1 – by step mother against step child, 2 – by step father, 14 – by brother/sister, 20 – by child (including adopted one), 7 – by wife, 169 – by husband, 1 – by grandson, 6 – by husband’s parents, 6 – by daughter-in-law/ son-in-law.

Within the mentioned 556 criminal cases 485 people have been found the victim/injured 54 of which are under 12, 12 – between 12 and 14, 11 – between 14 and 16, 8 – between 16 and 18, 181 – between 18 and 35, 219 – over 35.