Key legal question
Whether the request for retrial after the default judgment should be granted under Art. 368 para. 3 CPP
Extracted holding
The absence was culpable because the defendant fled to avoid criminal proceedings; retrial was properly refused.
Extracted reasoning
A retrial may be denied when the condemned person, duly summoned, deliberately evades justice. The court found that the defendant knew of a risk of renewed prosecution, fled after a work leave, and thereby caused his non-appearance.