PROSECUTORIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEELNEMING IN UNLICENSED GOLD MINING CASES IN KUANTAN SINGINGI REGENCY

Desi Kartika

doi:10.70210/amrj.v4i3.240

Authors

Desi Kartika Universitas Terbuka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70210/amrj.v4i3.240

Keywords:

unlicensed gold mining, deelneming, medeplegen, criminal prosecution, Public Prosecutor

Abstract

Unlicensed Gold Mining (PETI) may involve multiple parties with different forms and degrees of involvement, raising issues concerning criminal liability, the application of deelneming, and the determination of the sentence sought for each defendant. This study aims to analyze the Public Prosecutor’s legal considerations in determining the sentences sought and the application of deelneming based on the defendants’ conduct in PETI cases in Kuantan Singingi Regency. The study employs normative legal research through a document-based legal study of three PETI cases from 2026 that have obtained final and binding judgments from the Teluk Kuantan District Court. Case documents consisting of indictments, sentencing submissions, and court judgments are analyzed qualitatively to identify the relationships among the defendants’ concrete conduct, forms of involvement, legal qualifications, and sentences sought. The findings show that the Public Prosecutor’s considerations in determining the sentences sought are related to the defendants’ concrete conduct, nature of contribution, knowledge of the purpose of the activity, cooperative relationship, and circumstances relevant to the individualization of sentencing. The application of Article 20(c) of Law No. 1 of 2023 demonstrates that status as a worker or wage-based employee does not preclude the legal qualification of medeplegen, as the assessment depends on conscious cooperation and the connection between the contribution and the execution of the criminal offense. Differences in the degree of contribution and level of control constitute important bases for differentiating the severity of the sentences sought. The findings confirm that the application of deelneming in PETI cases requires consistency among the facts of the case, the nature of the contribution, the legal qualification, and the reasoning underlying the individualization of the sentence sought.

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