September 2001, finding that the inquiry had been incomplete. In particular, the prosecutor's office of Yelets had not established whether the applicant had been in good health before the arrest and whether the arrest had been lawful. It had overlooked the evidence which supported the applicant's allegations of ill-treatment, namely his confession to the murder, later retracted, and the medical report stating his injuries.
46. On the same day the prosecutor's office of the Lipetsk Region opened criminal proceedings against the police officers of Dolgorukovskoe police station. The applicant was granted victim status.
47. On 3 November 2001 two police officers were questioned about the circumstances of the applicant's arrest. It appears that no further action was taken until January 2002.
48. On 23 January 2002 the investigator commissioned a medical examination of the applicant. The examination was performed by experts of the Lipetsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Health on the basis of the applicant's medical documents. It was completed on 18 March 2002. The experts established that the applicant's injuries could have been inflicted under the circumstances described by him.
49. In reply to the applicant's complaints about delays in the investigation, on 12 April 2002 the office of the Prosecutor General ordered that the investigation be sped up.
50. In May 2002 the applicant's cellmates from Dolgorukovskoe police station were questioned. They testified that the applicant had been extremely frightened, complained about ill-treatment, and fainted several times. They had seen marks of beatings on his body.
51. On 4 June 2002 the applicant was questioned about the circumstances of his arrest and ill-treatment.
52. On 11 August 2002 the prosecutor's office of the Lipetsk Region discontinued the criminal proceedings against the police officers of Dolgorukovskoe police station. On 18 October 2002 the office of the Prosecutor General annulled that decision and ordered that the criminal proceedings be resumed.
53. On 24 December 2002 a police officer from the Dolgorukovskoe police station who had escorted the applicant to the questionings in January 2001 stated that he had seen bruises around his eyes.
54. On 9 January 2003 the investigator Mr Ibiyev was questioned. He denied any involvement in the ill-treatment.
55. On 28 April 2003 counsel for the applicant testified that he had represented the applicant since January 2001, that he had not been allowed to visit him until February 2001, and that he had seen marks of beatings on his face and body.
56. On 16 May 2003 the police officers of Dolgorukovskoe police station, Mr Abakumov, Mr Kondratov, Mr Trubitsyn and Mr Lukin, were charged with abuse of office associated with the use of violence and weapons and entailing serious consequences, an offence under Article 286 § 3 (a, b, c) of the Criminal Code.
57. On 16 July 2003 the applicant was questioned for the second time about the ill-treatment.
58. On 28 August 2003 the applicant was informed that the investigation was complete. He was invited to study the case file.
59. The applicant complained to the prosecutor's office of the Lipetsk Region that the scope of the investigation had been insufficient. In particular, the prosecutor's office had not brought charges against the police officers Mr Butsan, Mr Gerasimov and Mr Savvin, who had ill-treated him, and the investigators Mr Andreyev and Mr Ibiyev, who had forged evidence and forced him to confess to the murder.
60. On 28 November 2003 the prosecutor's office of the Lipetsk Region rejected the applicant's complaints, finding that there had not been sufficient evidence for prosecuting Mr Butsan, Mr Gerasimov, and Mr Savvin, and that disciplinary proceedings against
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