 Hrkać was tried for the bombings of the cinema and at the rail station and sentenced to death by the Belgrade District Court on 23 December 1975.The verdict was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Serbia on 29 June 1976 and by the Federal Court on 30 December 1976.On 15 November 1977, the Clemency Commission of the Presidency of Yugoslavia unanimously rejected the request for clemency.