Procedure of preliminary hearing

The article covers key questions of preliminary hearing. It is said that in fact the closed form of judicial session is not always followed. Sometimes different judges take part in the preliminary hearing and in the final trial. The article dwells on the question of participation of the defendant, the victim and the prosecutor in the preliminary hearing. The structure of preliminary hearing is defined. The trial consists of 4 parts: the preparatory part, the judicial investigation, pleadings, pronouncing a virdict. The authors of the article make suggestions to improve the criminal procedure code in the field of preliminary hearings.