Key legal question
Whether the prosecutor’s dismissal of the endangerment-of-life charge had to be set aside and the case continued.
Extracted holding
The dismissal was upheld because the shot did not establish a concrete and immediate life-threatening danger, and direct intent to create such danger was not shown.
Extracted reasoning
The children were not in the garden at the relevant time, so no acute danger was proven. In any event, Art. 129 StGB requires direct intent and reckless conduct; the accused aimed at an bird, not at persons.