Subject of the dispute is the legality of criminal prosecution for theft of property worth less than 2,684 hryvnias under changing legislation. The court was guided by the fact that on August 9, 2024, Law No. 3886-IX came into effect, which raised the threshold value of property for qualifying theft as a criminal offense. The Joint Chamber of the Cassation Criminal Court concluded that this law has retroactive effect and cancels criminal liability for petty theft. Since the value of the stolen property in the case was less than the limit established by the new law, the act ceased to be criminally punishable.
The Supreme Court revoked the decisions of previous instances and closed the criminal proceedings due to the loss of force of the law that established criminal liability for this act.
