Key legal question
Whether costs may be imposed on the accused after dismissal of the proceedings.
Extracted holding
Costs after acquittal or dismissal may be imposed only exceptionally if the accused culpably caused or aggravated the investigation by violating legal behavioral duties.
Extracted reasoning
The cost order must follow the causation principle and may not rest, even indirectly, on a criminal suspicion, otherwise it would conflict with the presumption of innocence under Art. 6(2) ECHR.