Cassation Rejected By Supreme Court, Zarof Ricar Still Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison In Bribery Case

Zarof Ricar (ANTARA PHOTO/Hafidz Mubarak)

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) rejected the appeal of former MA official Zarof Ricar in bribery and gratification cases so that the verdict against him remained 18 years in prison as decided at the appeal level.

"Reject the cassation of the public prosecutor and the defendant," reads the verdict of Case Number 10824 K/PID.SUS/2025 quoted from the Supreme Court Case Information page in Jakarta, Friday, confiscated by Antara.

This cassation decision was knocked by Supreme Court Justice Yohanes Priyana as chairman of the assembly along with two members, Arizon Mega Jaya and Noor Edi Yono, on Wednesday 12 November.

In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the DKI Jakarta High Court, which previously increased Zarof Ricar's sentence to 18 years in prison.

The panel of appellate judges confirmed that Zarof had been proven guilty of corruption, namely giving or promising something to the judge with the intention of influencing the verdict, and committing a crime of accepting gratuities.

Therefore, Zarof was still found guilty of violating Article 6 paragraph (1) letter a and Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 15 jo. Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001.

The criminal body handed down against Zarof at the appeal level is heavier than the first instance court. Previously, the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced Zarof to 16 years in prison.

Even so, related to the criminal fine, the panel of judges at the DKI Jakarta High Court still charged the same amount as the decision of the Jakarta Corruption Court Judges, namely Rp1 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison.

Likewise, Rp915 billion and 51 kilograms of gold confiscated from Zarof were still confiscated for the state.

In this case, Zarof was charged with committing an evil conspiracy in the form of assistance to give or promise judges something, namely money worth IDR 5 billion.

The alleged conspiracy was carried out with legal adviser Ronald Tannur, Lisa Rachmat, with the aim of bribing Supreme Court Judge Soesilo, who is chairman of the panel in the continuation of Ronald Tannur's case at the cassation level in 2024.

In addition, he was charged with receiving gratuities worth Rp915 billion and 51 kilograms of gold while serving in the Supreme Court to assist in case management in 2012'2022.