YEREVAN. – The motion to choose detention as a precautionary measure for Armenia’s former Prosecutor General and former MP Gevorg Kostanyan will be examined by first instance court judge Marine Melkonyan, Kostanyan's lawyer Gevorg Gevorgyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

A respective court hearing is scheduled for today, at 5pm.

The attorney noted that they are going to appeal the Special Investigation Service (SIS) decision to declare Kostanyan wanted.

“An obviously illegal and groundless search has been declared against him,” the lawyer said.

On November 25, the SIS announced including Kostanyan's in the "March 1 case" as an accused, while also informing him that he had been given 48 hours to come in order to be charged.

Kostanyan, who reports that he is in Moscow, does not consider the request to come within 48 hours reasonable, whereas SIS chief Sasun Khachatryan had told reporters that if Kostanyan failed to come within 48 hours, the SIS will carry out legal action.

On September 25, the SIS had issued a statement on bringing charges against former police chief Alik Sargsyan, and Kostanyan and former deputy chief of police Gevorg Mheryan were also mentioned in this statement.

Within the framework of the "March 1 case" Gevorg Kostanyan has become an accused on charges abuse of power, goad to official fraud, goad to conceal a serious crime, and goad to falsify evidence in a criminal case on a serious crime.