The Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the High Court in Podgorica, which refused bail for the termination of custody of the former director of the Real Estate Administration, Dragan Kovačević, in the amount of 539.590 euros in real estate, in order to defend himself from freedom.
This was confirmed to "Vijesti" by Marija Raković, independent advisor for public relations of the High Court.
"This decision of the High Court is final," she said.
Raković said that the defendant Kovačević offered a new surety in real estate worth 300.898 euros, but according to "Vijesti" information, the court has not yet decided on that proposal.
Previously, at the beginning of October last year, the panel of the High Court in Podgorica accepted a bail of 539.590 euros in real estate, which was offered for the termination of Kovačević's detention.
The Special State Prosecutor's Office appealed against that decision, so at the end of November the Court of Appeal annulled the decision of the High Court in Podgorica.
The indictment presented that the defendant Dragan Kovačević committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401 a paragraph 1 in connection with paragraph 6 of the Criminal Code, and the defendants Ana Lakićević-Grdinić, Veselin Tomašević, Krsto Pavićević, Danilo Jovanović, Danko Kovačević, Sanja Popović and Aleksandar Boljević, the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401 a paragraph 2 in connection with paragraphs 1 and 6 of the Criminal Code.
The defendant legal entity "Geo & Arh" doo Podgorica is charged with the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401 and paragraph 2 in connection with paragraph 1 and 6 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in connection with Article 5 of the Law on Liability of Legal Entities for Criminal Offenses.
It is added that the defendant Ana Lakićević Grdinić also committed the extended criminal offense of abuse of official position, Dragan Kovačević the extended criminal offense of abuse of official position by incitement, then the criminal offense of illegal occupation of land and the criminal offense of extortion by incitement.
The indictment states that Veselin Tomašević committed the criminal offense of abuse of official position, while the indictment states that the defendant Krsto Pavićević committed the criminal offense of abuse of office in business operations in conjunction with the criminal offense of document forgery.
Danko Kovačević is also charged with the criminal offense of tax and contribution evasion, the defendant Dalibor Knežević is charged with abuse of official position, while the defendant Aleksandar Boljević and the defendant Sanja Popović committed the criminal offense of coercion.
The company "Geo & Arch Projekt" is also charged with the criminal offense of abuse of position in business operations, together with the criminal offense of forging a document.
K. RADEVIĆ
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