Based on general scientific methods of cognition (analysis and synthesis) in combination with particular scientific methods (historical, logical-legal, comparative legal, formal-logical), the specificity (uniqueness) of the decision to return a criminal case to the prosecutor is substantiated, distinguishing it from among other intermediate judicial acts.
It is stated that the activities of the prosecutor and investigative bodies subsequent to the return of the case are related to the content of the court decision and the limitation of this activity to the goals formulated in it. The results of the study can be used for further study of issues related to the legal nature of the court's decision to return a criminal case to the prosecutor and proceedings to remove obstacles to its consideration by the court.
Keywords: return of a criminal case to the prosecutor; intermediate judgment; Article 237 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, court ruling; pre-trial proceedings, legal position of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, stage of appointment and preparation of trial, trial, court discretion.