Kernrechtsfrage
Whether costs may be imposed on the accused after dismissal of the proceedings.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Costs after acquittal or dismissal may be imposed only exceptionally if the accused culpably caused or aggravated the investigation by violating legal behavioral duties.
Extrahierte Begründung
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.