Subject of the dispute is the legality of convicting a person for theft of goods from ATB supermarkets for amounts of 492.87 UAH and 865.76 UAH during martial law. The court was guided by the fact that according to the new Law No. 3886-IX and the Tax Code of Ukraine, criminal liability for theft in 2023 arose only if the value of the stolen property exceeded 2,684 UAH. Since in both episodes the value of the stolen property was significantly less than this amount, the court concluded that the law under which the person was convicted had lost its force. In doing so, the court referred to the conclusion of the Joint Chamber of the Cassation Criminal Court dated 07.10.2024. The Supreme Court overturned the verdicts of lower courts and closed the criminal proceedings due to the loss of force of the law that established criminal liability for these actions.
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