Key legal question
Whether a cassation complaint is admissible against a youth prosecutor’s order imposing work service.
Extracted holding
Yes. The omission of work service in § 160(3) StPO was a genuine gap that had to be filled, and the complaint is admissible against such a disciplinary measure.
Extracted reasoning
The wording of § 160(3) StPO mentions only reprimand and school arrest, but not work service. Because work service as a disciplinary punishment was introduced later in federal juvenile criminal law, the cantonal provision did not account for it. To avoid an unreasonable distinction among disciplinary sanctions, the court filled the gap and extended cassation review to work service orders.