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Discontinuation of the proceeding resulting from withdrawal of the indictment

Summary/Abstract: Issue raised in the article is a mean directing Polish penal process to the adversarial principle, in line with the great amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which comes into force on 1 July 2015. Modification on the principle of accusatorial procedure introduces the possibility of withdrawal of the indictment in place of now existing institution of withdrawal from the prosecution. According to the amended Article. 14 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for the effective withdrawal of the indictment the consent of the accused will be necessary and before the opening of the court proceedings, during the first main court session, the prosecutor will be entitled to independently take a decision on this issue. According to the authors, the withdrawal of the indictment is possible at all times in the course of the proceedings before the court of first instance, which is also after the discharge of judgments and remand of the case. The study assumed the view that the institution of withdrawal of the indictment is not a breach from the principle of opportunism. The authors approvingly referred to the wording of Art. 14 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which does not exemplify the reasons justifying the decision of the public prosecutor in this matter.

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