MATARAM - The Appeals Court at the West Nusa Tenggara High Court changed the sentence of the former NTB Police Middle Officer, I Made Yogi Purusa Utama, from 14 years to 15 years in prison.
Spokesperson for the Mataram District Court, Kelik Trimargo, confirmed the change in the sentence for I Made Yogi Purusa Utama in accordance with the decision on the appeal case number: 150/PID/2026/PT MTR.
"Yes, that's right. We have broadcast it in full in the Mataram District Court's SIPP (Case Tracking Information System)," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 26.
In the appeal judgment, the panel of judges accepted the appeal request from the public prosecutor and the defendant by changing the first instance court's decision number: 666/Pid.B/2025/PN Mtr, regarding the sentence imposed.
The appeal panel in the ruling stated that the defendant I Made Yogi Purusa Utama was proven to have committed the crime of murder and obstruction of disclosure of crime or removal of evidence (Obstruction of Justice) as in the first and second indictments of the public prosecutor.
This is in accordance with the criminal elements stipulated in Article 458 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code and Article 221 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code Jo. Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.
"To impose a sentence on the defendant I Made Yogi Purusa Utama therefore with a sentence of imprisonment for 15 years," read one point in the ruling.
The panel of judges also imposed an additional penalty in the form of payment of restitution compensation to witness Elma Agustina as the wife or heir of the late Brigadier General Nurhadi.
According to the assessment of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) Number: R.6128/5.2.HSKR/LPSK/10/2025, the defendant was charged with paying restitution of Rp. 385 million out of a total of Rp. 771.5 million subsider two years of substitute imprisonment.
At the end of the verdict, the panel of appeal judges stated that all the evidence listed in this case was requested to be returned to the public prosecutor for use in the case on behalf of Misri.
Previously, the panel of judges at the first instance court sentenced the defendant in accordance with the prosecutor's request, namely a sentence of 14 years in prison with the defendant also being ordered to pay restitution funds worth Rp. 385 million in the form of a two-year imprisonment.
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