According to Beijing Daily
Reporter, April 22, 2024
It was learned from the China Judgment Network
After the first and second trials, the judgment was dropped
Defendant Zhou X committed the crime of arson
He was sentenced to four years and six months in prison
Case review
In the early morning of April 7, 2023
A fire broke out in a small area in Fengtai District, Beijing
Two people were killed and one wounded
The fire is an e-bike battery
Thermal runaway during charging
Caused by ignition of surrounding combustibles
According to the fire accident of the Fengtai District Fire and Rescue Detachment, the fire in this accident was caused by thermal runaway ignition of surrounding combustibles during the charging process of electric bicycle batteries.
Defendant Zhou took the initiative to ask others to report the fire after the incident, and was summoned to the case by the police of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Fengtai District Public Security Bureau at the scene, and truthfully confessed the above facts after arriving at the case.
The Fengtai District People's Court held that the defendant Zhou had a weak sense of law and fire safety, and that his negligence caused the fire that killed two people and injured one person, and that his actions constituted the crime of fire and should be punished in accordance with law. In view of the fact that the defendant Zhou X voluntarily surrendered, voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, and obtained the forgiveness of the victim Guo's legal representative, and gave him a lighter punishment, it is therefore decided that the defendant Zhou X committed the crime of arson and was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment.
After the first-instance verdict was announced, Zhou appealed on the grounds that the sentence was too heavy. The Beijing Municipal No. 2 Intermediate People's Court held that the judgment rendered by the court of first instance on the basis of the facts, nature, and circumstances of Zhou's crime was correctly applied, the sentence was appropriate, and the trial procedures were lawful, and should be upheld.
In the end, the court made a final ruling, rejecting the appellant Zhou's appeal and upholding the original judgment.
Popularization time
The crime of arson is an act that causes a fire due to the negligence of the perpetrator, causing serious consequences and endangering public safety. According to the provisions of the mainland criminal law, it is one of the crimes of endangering public safety.
Main characteristics of the crime of arson:
Subjectively, it can only be constituted by negligence, which can be negligence or overconfidence.
Objectively committed acts of misfire that endangered public safety and caused serious consequences.
Sentencing: Whoever commits the crime of arson shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years;
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Source: Beijing Daily, Comprehensive Network