NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 73 3.2.7. COMPULSORY MEDICAL TREATMENT The application of criminal liability differs when a person is found to be 1) not criminally responsible and 2) partly criminally responsible. A person found to be not criminally responsible in a particular case shall not be prosecuted. In such cases, compulsory medical measures are imposed in accordance with Article 98 of the Criminal Code. A person declared partly incapable to be found criminally responsible shall be liable under criminal law; however, the sentence may be reduced, or a person may be released from criminal liability and may be subject to penal sanctions or compulsory medical measures. The court imposes compulsory medical treatment prescribed in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania in three cases: 1) for persons found not criminally responsible (legally incapacitated), 2) for persons found partly criminally responsible (of diminished capacity)93, and 3) for persons who, after committing a criminal act or having been imposed a penalty, develop a mental health condition rendering them incapable of understanding the nature of their actions or controlling them. After committing a serious or very serious crime and being found to be of diminished capacity, a person is Compulsory medical treatment measures for people who were found partly criminally responsible can only be applied after pre-trial investigation has been completed and the case has been examined at a court hearing, as a mandatory condition is related to the resolution of the question of the guilt of such a person and the release from criminal liability. Bučiūnas, G., Gruodytė, E., Šalčius, M. (2017) Ikiteisminis tyrimas: procesiniai, kriminalistiniai ir praktiniai aspektai. 93