Key legal question
Whether, by analogy to Art. 135(4) StPO, the State has a reimbursement claim against private complainants for legal-aid counsel fees when no procedural costs are imposed on them.
Extracted holding
No. If no procedural costs are imposed on the private complainants, the State has no reimbursement claim for the legal-aid counsel fees.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 138(1) StPO refers the remuneration of legal-aid counsel to Art. 135 StPO. Applied by analogy, Art. 135(4) StPO means that a party who does not bear procedural costs need not reimburse the State for legal-aid counsel expenses.