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Qualified theft cases require preparatory instruction by the court, not preliminary inquiry by the prosecutor.

Case Number 040664
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The court declared that qualified theft cases must undergo preparatory instruction by the Tribunal de Instrução rather than a preliminary inquiry by the Ministério Público. The defendant argued for a preliminary inquiry, but the court emphasized that since qualified theft is a crime requiring a querela process, the specific procedural rules of Decreto-Lei 605/75 mandate court-led instruction. Consequently, the decision established that the initial phase of proceedings for this offense must be conducted by the judicial authority to ensure proper handling of the querela requirements.

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COMPETENCIA FURTO QUALIFICADO PROCESSO DE QUERELA INSTRUÇÃO PREPARATORIA INQUERITO PRELIMINAR

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qualified theft preparatory instruction preliminary inquiry procedural competence querela process judicial authority

Cited Legislation

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Art. 296, 297 n. 2 CP
Art. 63 CPP 1929
Art. 1 n. 3 DL 605/75

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00001416

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199004180406643

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 3283/87

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T I CR LISBOA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/ACD8C9DA2CCD6419802568FC003944C5?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Desde que seja denunciado um facto que pode objectivamente integrar um crime de furto qualificado, dos artigos

296 e 297, n. 2 do Codigo Penal, e porque cabe a tal crime a forma de processo de querela (artigo 63 do Codigo de Processo Penal de 1929), deve, por força do artigo 1, n. 3 do Decreto-Lei 605/75, de 3 de Novembro, haver instrução preparatoria, da competencia do Tribunal de Instrução, e não mero inquerito preliminar da competencia do Ministerio Publico.