This paper presents criminal offenses against official duty through the legal description of an individual criminal offense, through a theoretical presentation, which explains the legal description of the criminal offense and the statistics of the representation of that group of criminal offenses in the total number of criminal offenses for the period presented in the analysis, as well as statistics of court decisions and state attorney's actions. The difference between a criminal act against an official duty and a violation of an official duty is also presented. Given that corruption is the basis of some criminal acts against official duty, which according to some sources are even grouped and named criminal acts of corruption, a review of the concept of corruption was also made. The case from judicial practice, known as the "ATM affair", is also analyzed, the center of which is the abuse of position and authority. The factual situation is described, which criminal offenses were defendants charged of committing, as well as the course of the procedure itself. Also, the duration of the analyzed procedure is questioned in relation to the purpose of punishment prescribed by the Penal Code and in relation to the theories about the purpose of punishment presented in the paper.