On December 22, 2025, within the framework of criminal proceedings No. 92222422, which had been under investigation since 2022 by the 10th Garrison Investigative Division of the General Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, public criminal prosecution was initiated against M.Kh., a client represented by our law firm’s attorney, Andranik Mnatsakanyan.
Our client was charged with allegedly committing a serious crime under Article 327, Part 2, Point 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia adopted in 2003, on the allegation that he had evaded compulsory military service by falsely claiming to suffer from an illness.
Notably, the criminal prosecution against M.Kh. was based exclusively on an operational report received from a law enforcement body conducting operative-search activities, which alleged that his illness was fictitious. However, as a result of an effective legal defense and the findings of the conducted forensic medical examinations, the allegation that M.Kh.’s illness was fictitious was completely refuted. It was established that he had been exempted from compulsory military service in full compliance with the procedure prescribed by law.
Consequently, on October 16, 2026, the supervising prosecutor issued a decision to discontinue the criminal prosecution against M.Kh. on exonerating grounds, establishing that he had not committed the act attributed to him.
