Key legal question
Whether the private complainants were entitled to appeal despite not asserting civil claims in the criminal proceedings.
Extracted holding
They were not entitled to appeal because they did not, to the extent reasonably possible, assert their civil claims adhesively in the criminal case and gave no reasons for that omission.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 81 para. 1 lit. b no. 5 BGG, a private complainant may appeal only if the challenged decision can affect civil claims. Consistent case law requires the injured party, when appealing an acquittal, to have asserted such claims in the criminal proceedings unless doing so was unreasonable; otherwise the appeal is inadmissible.