Appeal Against Bar on Custody Release Applications

The court addressed an appeal challenging a two-month bar imposed by a magistrate on the submission of personal applications for release from custody, finding that such a bar, despite lacking explicit statutory basis in the relevant criminal procedure code, can be ordered by a judge based on the general prohibition of the abuse of rights (Art. 2 Abs. 2 ZGB) to counter manifestly abusive or dilatory release requests, consistent with constitutional and ECHR guarantees. However, the court reduced the imposed two-month period to one month, reasoning that procedural rights regarding custody review are severely restricted, and although a bar is permissible to prevent abuse, a period exceeding one month is generally disproportionate unless exceptional circumstances, not sufficiently justified by the magistrate, warrant a longer duration, especially when the applicant's behavior suggests a systematic attempt to hinder the proceedings rather than seek a genuine review based on changed facts.