APPLICATION OF THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE IN CASES INVOLVING RECONCILIATION
Abstract
This article examines certain criminal cases resolved through reconciliation at the pre-trial stage, providing a theoretical and legal analysis. It also identifies practical problems currently arising in the application of the law and proposes recommendations and solutions to address these issues.
Keywords
presumption of innocence, proving a person's guilt, sufficiency of evidence, reconciliation, confession of guilt, evaluation of evidence.
References
- Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 2025. https://lex.uz/docs/111460 (Accessed: 06.04.2025)
- Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 2024. https://lex.uz/docs/111453 (Accessed: 22.05.2025).
- Statistical analysis of reconciliation-related cases during the research study.
- Case documents from the archive of the Tortkol District Criminal Court.
- B.B. Murodov, “Improving the Institution of Termination of Criminal Cases,” Doctoral Dissertation. Tashkent, 2018. Page 318.