Material evidence is not for sale

Rules igry17-07-2008 the Constitutional Court of Russia has banned selling real evidence. Until now, Russian law material evidence, which require special storage or too cumbersome, you could sell by the decision of the investigator and without a court decision, which contradicts the Russian Constitution. On petition to review an article of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Constitutional Court turned businessman Vladimir Kostylev. His helicopter Bell 407, which the plaintiff acquired lawfully, was recognized as material evidence in the case of smuggling in Russia helicopter of the same brand. Car seized and later sold. A Kostylev any compensation for lost property and has not received. According to Business FM lawyer Alex Rusakomsky, "the law still says that the return of the material evidence produced after the verdict in the case and, therefore, the funds should also return after the verdict in the case. If the sale was illegal, the person whose property is so sold, may apply to court for compensation or refund if the property still has a place to be, to the body to undertake such a withdrawal, and the treasury of the Russian Federation. "