Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — The sentence handed down by the Mirabad district court for criminal cases against minor D. Turgunov has sparked widespread discussion on social media, where particular attention is being paid to the leniency of the punishment imposed, the Tashkent city court's press service said.
The press service noted that the consideration of criminal cases committed by minors and the imposition of punishment in such cases are regulated separately by legislation.
That is why the official information on the sentence handed to D. Turgunov — who had not reached the age of 16 at the time of the crime — emphasises that the criminal case was considered in a closed court hearing and that the punishment was imposed in the manner provided for by Article 85 of the Criminal Code.
The Tashkent city court's press service clarified that the official information on the first-instance court's verdict does not in itself reflect the position of the city court.
As stated in the message, the right and procedure for appealing the verdict were explained to the parties by the presiding judge.
This means that if an appeal is filed, the case will be considered by a higher judicial instance in the established manner, where it will be given the appropriate legal assessment.
As a reminder, the Mirabad district court for criminal cases found 16-year-old D. Turgunov, born in 2010, guilty of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm resulting in the victim's death and sentenced him to two years and four months in prison under paragraph "d" of part 3 of Article 104 of the Criminal Code.
The term of punishment is counted from 27 February 2026 — the day the convicted person was placed in custody as a preventive measure.
As a reminder, on the evening of 25 February, a 10th-grade pupil at a private school, who did not have a driving licence, drove a BMW M4 and struck road patrol service inspector Khosilbek Eshnazarov, who was on duty. The victim was hospitalised in a serious condition and later died.
Eshnazarov was born in 1993 in the Kashkadarya region, began service in the interior bodies in 2022 and left behind three children.
During the investigation it was established that the minor had previously been held accountable for offences, including skipping school, driving a car without authorisation and gross violations of traffic rules, and that his parents had been subject to administrative penalties.
The car used in the collision was registered to a young woman who, as it emerged, had since 2024 handed over control of the vehicle to persons without driving rights 18 times and had grossly violated traffic rules 37 times.
