Application of Coercive Measures in Criminal Cases with Suspended Preliminary Investigation

The paper deals with some issues related to the possibility of applying measures of procedural coercion after the suspension of criminal proceedings. The author focuses on the need to improve the legislation governing the application of coercive measures in case of suspension of the preliminary investigation. Based on the analysis of investigative practice, taking into account the position of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the paper assesses the existing approaches to resolving the issue of the possibility of using coercive measures after the proceedings in the criminal case have been suspended. Following the interviews with judges of the Omsk region district courts, the paper highlights approaches to solving the problem of the effect of procedural coercion measures after the suspension of criminal proceedings.
The author proposes to amend Art. 209 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, which regulates the actions of the investigator after the suspension of the preliminary investigation, indicating the possibility (or lack of it) of applying procedural coercive measures in the event of suspension of criminal proceedings.

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