Key legal question
Whether confirming the allocation of trial costs to an acquitted accused violated the presumption of innocence and arbitrariness.
Extracted holding
The cost allocation was permissible because the reasoning did not impute criminal guilt and the authorities could find sufficient cause to indict.
Extracted reasoning
Under cantonal law, costs may be imposed if the accused clearly breached a civil-law duty and triggered or made the proceedings harder. The court found the indictment was not obviously unfounded and that the impugned reasoning contained no direct or indirect allegation of criminal guilt.