According to the case materials published in the State Register of Judicial Acts, the incident occurred on April 23, 2025, around 15:00 on the 90.5 km of the Osh—Razakov highway. Ikram [name changed I.F.E.], driving a car belonging to his neighbor, was demonstrating dangerous driving in the village of Kara-Döbö in the Kadamjai district, making sharp maneuvers and thereby violating traffic rules.
When the head of the Ayrybaz police station of the Kadamjai Department of Internal Affairs stopped Ikram and began the procedure for impounding the vehicle for further placement in a penalty parking lot, Ikram offered him money to avoid the issuance of an administrative protocol and punishment, as well as to return the car to its owner.
Despite the warning from the head of the police station that offering a bribe is a criminal offense, Ikram continued to insist on his proposal. As a result, the head of the Ayrybaz police station reported the incident, and on April 23, 2025, his report was registered in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Proceedings of the Kadamjai Department of Internal Affairs, and preliminary investigative activities began.
The initial check revealed signs of a criminal offense under paragraph 2 of part 2 of article 345 of the Criminal Code. On April 24, 2025, a criminal case was initiated, and investigative actions commenced.
During the investigation, it was found that Ikram continued to offer a bribe by making phone calls. Thus, on April 24, 2025, at 19:40, he was detained while handing over 3000 soms as a bribe in the office of the head of the police station in the village of Ayrybaz, Kadamjai district.
According to the verdict of the Kadamjai District Court dated July 8, 2025, Ikram was found guilty of giving a bribe for an obviously illegal action. The court imposed a fine of 5000 calculated indicators, which amounted to 500,000 soms.
However, on September 23, 2025, the judicial panel of the Batken Regional Court changed the decision: Ikram was sentenced to two years of imprisonment with the deprivation of the right to engage in certain activities for the same period.
According to paragraph 1 of part 4 of article 67 of the Criminal Code, the serving of the sentence must take place in a general regime correctional facility. In accordance with part 6 of article 80 of the Criminal Code, the time Ikram spent under house arrest from April 26, 2025, until the verdict came into force will be counted at the rate of 5 days of house arrest equaling 1 day of imprisonment.
The term of punishment will begin to be calculated from September 23, 2025. The measure of restraint in the form of house arrest was replaced with detention in the courtroom, while the other parts of the verdict remained unchanged.
Ikram's lawyer filed a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court requesting the annulment of the decisions of the courts of first and appellate instances and the return of the case for reconsideration. He pointed out the insufficient completeness of the investigation of the circumstances of the case and that the investigative actions were conducted without a translator, although Ikram had difficulties understanding and communicating in the Kyrgyz language.
On December 2, 2025, the Supreme Court left the verdict of the Batken Regional Court unchanged.
