The Defendant Is Not Required to Prove Their Crime

Pursuant to Article 15 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015, the regulations are as follows:

The responsibility of proving a crime belongs to the competent procedural authorities. The accused has the right but is not obliged to prove their innocence.

Within the scope of their duties and powers, the competent procedural authorities must apply lawful measures to objectively, comprehensively, and fully determine the truth of the case, clarifying evidence of guilt and evidence of innocence, as well as aggravating and mitigating circumstances regarding the criminal liability of the accused.

Thus, the burden of proving the crime does not lie with the defendant but with the competent procedural authorities.

Respectfully!