BAROVOV v. RUSSIA - 9183/09 (Judgment : Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed : Third Section)

Art 3 (procedural) • Ineffective investigation into applicant�s ill-treatment by police officers • Exemption of police officers from criminal liability due to statutory time-limit expiration resulting from protracted investigation and imposition of suspended sentences • Manifest disproportionality between the gravity of the police officers� acts and punishment imposed • Lack of serious efforts to identify and punish third perpetrator

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Peeter Roosma, ��������� Andreas Z�nd, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 9183/09 ) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Russian national, Mr Vadim Kurbanovich Barovov (�the applicant�), on 10 December 2008;