Judge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday ruled to end the criminal prosecution of Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Armenia’s second President Serzh Sargsyan.

He was acquitted of illegal arms possession, while the charge of attempted murder under Article 235 of Armenia’s Criminal Code was replaced with a charge under Article 120 – negligently causing serious bodily injury.

However, the statute of limitations was applied in that case, in fact leading to the end of the prosecution against Hayk Sargsyan.