Whereas in the case at hand, all the accused acknowledged that A. A had intentionally poured boiling water on the back of Ijoy Manboy; that this action is punishable by the law; that they managed not to report this offence to relevant authorities; that even worse, they tried to hide the facts to prevent her from a lawsuit; that to this end, B.S provided healthcare services to the victim through self-medication; that U.R on his part had to convince the Nigerian community not to report the case to authorities; that he even resorted to threats to achieve his goal; that all these schemes were meant to prevent facts of assault and battery from getting to administrative or judicial authorities; that while he was busy trying to save A. A the pain of any lawsuit, the victim was still suffering from her injuries, that moreover, it was possible for the Accused to commit further offences; that by the way, she went on committing offences by carrying on with her pimping activity until she was arrested; that coming to realise that their actions are punishable, the accused kept on apologising throughout the court session, that with faithfulness thereof, it would be proper to find that the offence of aiding and abetting in assault and battery committed by B.S and U.R is fully established; that it would be appropriate to find them guilty and sentence them: c) Sentence Whereas as provided by article 131(5) and 512(18) of the Penal Code anyone aiding or abetting in assault and battery which resulted in someone’s illness or total disability of 7 (seven) days, but less than 21 (twenty-one) days shall be punishable with two months to three years imprisonment and a fine of CFA F 250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand) to CFA F 2,000,000 (two million); Whereas in the case at hand B.S and U.R were found guilty of aiding and abetting in assault and battery which caused in Ijoy Manboy a total disability of 8 (eight) days; that they are however first-time offenders; that they concurred with the charges against them; that they asserted to have taken full measure of the charges against them; that they said they had drawn the lessons thereof; that they promised not to ever do it again; that all these act as mitigating circumstances, which it would be proper for the Accused to benefit from; that it would therefore be proper to give them a suspended