The defendant Shen in the intentional injury case represented by our firm’s lawyer Xu Xingguang was finally found not guilty.

On June 19, 2017, the Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Procuratorate applied to the Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court to withdraw the prosecution against Shen. On June 21, 2017, the court ruled to allow the Chaoyang District People’s Procuratorate to withdraw the prosecution.

It is understood that at about 0:00 on August 11, 2016, Shen had a dispute with Qi and Cui at the entrance of Dongxuxin Village, Heizhuanghu Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing over trivial matters. Qi hit Shen with a chain, and Shen had a physical conflict with Qi and Cui. During this period, Qi fell to the ground and was diagnosed with a comminuted fracture of his left tibia and fibula, which was classified as a first-level minor injury by criminal science and technology. On suspicion of intentional injury, the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau criminally detained Shen on August 16, 2016. On September 9, Shen was arrested with the approval of the Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate. On December 7, 2016, the Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate filed a public prosecution with the Chaoyang District People's Court on the grounds that Shen committed intentional injury.

After our lawyer Xu Xingguang took over the case, he analyzed the evidence and concluded that the fact alleged by the procuratorate that Shen kicked Qi, causing a comminuted fracture of his left tibia and fibula, did not exist. After two court sessions and lawyers' struggles, the procuratorate commissioned the Institute of Science and Technology Appraisal of the Court of Justice to identify the formation mechanism of Qi's fracture. The appraisal result was that Qi's fracture was caused by indirect violence and is not easily caused by direct violence.

The Chaoyang District People’s Procuratorate believed that Shen’s behavior complied with the provisions of Article 20 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China and was self-defense, so it decided not to prosecute Shen.

Currently, Shen has applied for state compensation from the People’s Procuratorate of Chaoyang District, Beijing, for being wrongly detained for 167 days.