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Humanitarian Law Centerhume them. Without that evidence, this trial panel finds that the aforementioneddefendants cannot be suspected for the criminal acts they werecharged with. In the documents from the case file, it is obvious that defendantSaša Cvjetan, during the cleansing of the area, found a pistol in one ofthe houses and took it because it was well known that every house in Kosovopossessed weapons, usually not registered. There is no evidence thatSaša Cvjetan confiscated that pistol for himself.Since the Prokuplje District Court closed the investigation against the defendants,which was initiated because of the criminal acts, they werecharged with, the panel finds that the reasons for keeping them in detentionhave also disappeared, so the trial panel is abolishing the detentionand Saša and Dejan should be released immediately.This decision KV. no. 35/99 was made on the basis of the aforementionedreasons.THE PROKUPLJE DISTRICT COURT, 16 June 1999,Court ReporterStanković Slaana, signaturePresiding JudgeBranislav . Niketić, signatureINFORMATION REGARDING LEGAL REMEDIES: The appeal against this decisioncan be lodged through this court to the Serbian Supreme Court inBelgrade within three days from receiving this decision.24