Key legal question
Whether an injured party may challenge an acquittal for fraud on the merits in a criminal appeal
Extracted holding
No. An injured party has no legally protected interest to contest the criminal guilt finding itself and therefore lacks standing to attack the acquittal.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 81 BGG, the injured party is not among the listed appellants and the general clause of a legally protected interest does not cover the state’s criminal claim. The court confirmed its prior case law that only rights directly belonging to the injured party, not the punishment of the accused, can be invoked.