St. PETERSBURG, April 9 - RAPSI. The Constitutional Court started considering the case over the examination of legal provisions stipulating that compulsory medical treatment is not applied to mentally insane individuals who committed minor offenses, the court told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Under the Criminal Procedure Code, if a person who committed a crime is found to be insane, he is released from criminal liability and must undergo compulsory medical treatment. These measures are not taken if a minor offense is committed.

The claimants believe that these norms violate the legal rights and the interests of criminal offense victims and contradict pleas for justice. Meanwhile, Federation Council Special Representative in the Constitutional Court Alexei Aleksandrov stated that the disputed norms do not contradict the Constitution.

According to Aleksandrov, if a court finds that an insane person committed a minor offense, a copy of the court ruling is forwarded to the health authorities, which then decide on the persons treatment or his "compulsory hospitalization." This procedure is performed via the court as a civil procedure.