Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellants had standing to challenge the discontinuance of the investigation and the dismissal of their recourse.
Decisão extraída
The appellants lacked standing because they were neither private prosecutors nor victims, and they did not show that the cantonal court had arbitrarily denied them injured-party status.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 81(1)(b) BGG, mere injured parties who are neither private prosecutors nor victims are generally not entitled to appeal. The challenge to the cantonal assessment of injured-party status under § 395(1)(2) StPO/ZH was unsupported; the reference in the publication concerned only one branch in R., which could assert its own rights. The asserted risk of confusion and inability of that branch to act were bare allegations.