[1][2] In November 1999, the Municipal Court of Zagreb found Ivan Baković guilty in absentia and sentenced him to 15 year imprisonment.

[3] After Ivan Baković was arrested, he was also tried in the Cantonal Court in Livno and found guilty of war crimes committed against the civilian population.

[4][5] The explanation of the verdict of the Municipal Court in Zagreb, with Ranko Marijan as a presiding judge, stated that Ivan Baković, also known as Ikač, appeared together with at least one unidentified person on 10 August 1993 in the village of Mokronoge, at the doorstep of the Bešlaga family's house.

Armed with an automatic and a machine-gun and wearing fatigues, he entered the house and aimed their weapons at Husein, Emir, Subha, Emira and Dika Bešlaga, Ibrahim, Muharem, and Mustafa Tiro, as well as at Sinha Đuliman.

During the presentation of evidence before the court, the most relevant was the testimony of minor Amela Bešlaga, who recognized the murderer on the night he came to their house.