27 Cases Of Theft And Detention At The NTB Prosecutor's Office Are Processed With Restorative Justice

The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati). (Between)

NTB - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) processes 27 criminal cases through the application of restorative justice or restorative justice aka RJ.

Deputy Head of NTB Prosecutor's Office Abdul Qohar said RJ was applied in 27 cases in the span of time since January 2023.

"There are 12 criminal cases from January to August 2023. Plus the data for the last two months there have been 15 cases so that a total of 27 criminal cases can be resolved through'restorative justice', this is what is being prosecuted," said Abdul in Mataram, NTB, Tuesday, October 24, confiscated by Antara.

He said, the type of 27 cases resolved through the application of'restorative justice' is the crime of theft and detention.

"The theft case related to Article 362 of the Criminal Code meets the requirements, the value of losses is small. There is a case of detention of Article 480 of the Criminal Code, with a value of goods less than the stipulatement of the rules," he said.

Abdul Qohar ensured that the prosecutor implemented a'restorative justice' in resolving criminal cases at the prosecution stage in accordance with Attorney General's Regulation Number 15 of 2020 concerning Termination of Prosecution Based on Restorative Justice.

"So, according to the termination of the case through the application of'restorative justice' as regulated in the Attorney General's Regulation Number 15 of 2020," he said.

The mandatory requirements that must be met in the application of'restorative justice' at the prosecution stage include, among others, the suspect is the first time he has committed a crime.

Second, he said, criminal acts with a penalty of less than 5 years. The third condition is that the value of the victim's loss is no more than IDR 2.5 million.

There are also conditions for the restoration of the original state as a result of the suspect's actions and there is a peace agreement between the suspect and the victim.

"Essentially, the public prosecutor has stopped this prosecution case by being really selective, 'clean and clear', humanist, and prioritizing conscience," he said.