Individual problem issues in application of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in the legal regulation of the grounds and procedure of electing the restraint measures in criminal proceedings are analyzed in the article. The envisaged by the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine procedure of application of the restrained measures creates conditions for saving procedural coercion, involving deprivation of liberty. However, this procedure needs to be improved with a view to its optimization and protection of the rights and freedoms of participants of the criminal proceedings.

The author draws a conclusion about the necessity to introduce changes in valid Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine regarding legal regulation of the procedure of application of the restrained measures (especially arrest, bail and detention as the temporary coercive measures), as well as the appellate review of appropriate decisions of the investigating judge.