On ways to improve the production regulations of criminal cases of private and private-public prosecution

Abstract

The purpose of the article is, based on an analysis of the differences in the procedures for initiating criminal cases of private and private-public prosecution and proceedings on them, to show the existing contradictions in the legislative regulation of the proceedings, to outline ways to eliminate them. The study made it possible to state the existence of problems in the public procedure for initiating a case – the dependence of the victim-applicant on the will of law enforcement officials and the possibility of difficult-to-surmount obstacles for him in access to justice. The difference in the procedures for terminating criminal cases of the two categories under consideration in connection with the reconciliation of the parties and the shortcomings of the regulation of these procedures in the criminal procedure law are discussed. The draft law of the Supreme Court of the Russian Fed-eration on the transfer of private prosecution cases to the category of private-public prosecution cases is being studied. The advantages and disadvantages of this draft law, proposals for its improvement are formulated. Proposals have been developed to improve the criminal procedure law in terms of regulating the proceedings in criminal cases of private and private-public prosecution.