Criminal appeal against non-indictment order granted devolutive effect to allow review of lower court decision.

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa granted the criminal appeal against the non-indictment order, establishing that such appeals possess devolutive effect. The appellant argued that the lower court's refusal to indict required a full review of the case facts and legal application. The court ruled that the appeal's effect is devolutive, meaning the case returns to the first instance for a new decision rather than being suspended.