Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court unlawfully denied further compensation on the ground that the complainant had lightly caused the criminal proceedings.
Extracted holding
The cantonal court's assessment was not arbitrary and did not violate the presumption of innocence.
Extracted reasoning
The complainant did not rebut the finding that, as board member of the bankrupt company, he had withdrawn significant funds and concluded a creditor-preferencing transaction. This could justify treating him as having caused the proceedings in a civil-law wrongful manner without implying criminal guilt.