Former Prosecutor General and former head of the Investigative Committee of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan was released and the required bail has already been paid, Hovsepyan's lawyer Erik Aleksanyan wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.

"Hovsepyan will remain in a medical facility, where he is being prepared for surgery," he wrote.

The court decided on Thursday to replace the arrest of former Prosecutor General and former head of the Investigative Committee Aghvan Hovsepyan with a bail of 100 million drams.

He was charged under Article 310, Article 311, paragraph 2, paragraph 4, Article 38-308, paragraph 1, paragraph 3, Article 38-179, paragraph 1, paragraph 3, Article 190 – 2 episodes, and Article 190, paragraph 1, paragraph 2.