Key legal question
Whether the first-instance costs and denial of compensation after acquittal violated the presumption of innocence
Extracted holding
The costs order did not violate the presumption of innocence because it did not imply criminal guilt; it was based on clearly unlawful conduct causing the proceedings.
Extracted reasoning
A cost order after acquittal is permissible if the accused clearly breached a legal duty or behavioral norm and thereby caused the criminal proceedings. Here, the accused unauthorizedly had a certificate altered, exceeding the competent authority's powers, which was clearly incompatible with the legal order and justified cost allocation.