ArmInfo. As part of the case under investigation by the SIS, the case on the falsification of documents by judge David Grigoryan, a search was conducted in his office without his knowledge, meanwhile, according to the requirements of the law, at least one day before the search, he should be notified by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). On July 26 at a press conference, Georgi Melikyan, lawyer of judge David Grigoryan said.
He noted that on July 17, without knowing Grigoryan, investigator of the SIS Khoren Mezhlumyan, came to his office and carried out investigative actions in the judge's office, while forbidding the judge to participate in them. The investigator confiscated the computer of the judge and his assistants, after which he sealed the door of Grogoryan's office. The lawyer said that sealing the office without a relevant court decision is against the law and this action has serious legal consequences.
"Not only was the door of Grigorian's office sealed without a corresponding court decision, it was outrageous to have the policeman put at the door, who did not allow the judge to enter his own office, this is outrageous," Melikyan said. The lawyer noted that he and his client demanded that the investigator present the relevant court decision to them, however, the investigator could not present it. And after all this, he searched the judge's office. "The police officer demanded that the judge leave, however, we began to protest, stressing that the judge's key to the office was, and if the investigator intends to conduct a search in violation of the law, we will not give them the key. After long telephone conversations, the investigator finally resolved the judge participated in the search of the office ", said Melikyan, stressing that by a court decision the investigator had the right to search the office of the judge and his assistant, however, he also searched the offices of the assistant and the clerk, and illegally confiscated their flash drives. The lawyer noted that in this case he and his defendant appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office, demanding to clarify the actions taken. Melikyan not only appealed against the decision to conduct a search, but also challenged the legality of the search and confiscation of computers. Moreover, the lawyer filed a complaint with the police against the investigator, since the latter violated the judge's right to the inviolability of housing. It should be noted that on July 17 officers of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia searched the office of Judge David Grigoryan. "The search in Grigorian's office was carried out within the framework of the criminal case investigated by the Special Investigation Service," press secretary of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia Marina Ohanjanyan told ArmInfo. To recall, it was Judge David Grigoryan who earlier made the decision to release former President Robert Kocharyan from custody, on behalf of the former and current Presidents of Artsakh. Later, Grigorian suspended the proceedings and referred him to the Constitutional Court.