of his friend, he joined O.D in the room; that his friend shut the door behind him, and that being there he had forced O.D to have sexual relations with him. Upon completion of the preliminary investigation, O.M was referred to the Legal Department of the State Counsel of Faso at the High Court, which, according to its introductory indictment No. 187/2014 of June 19, 2014, requested the opening of an investigation against him for rape charges; During the investigation phase, both during the initial examination and during the examination of the merits, the accused remained consistent in his statements made during the preliminary investigation; however, he described how he had done so, explaining that once in the room with the victim, he had asked her to undress; When she refused, he grabbed her by her left hand at the level of her trunk and then, with his right hand, pulled her pants up to her knee, from where the pants fell to the ground automatically; he then lifted her by force and laid her down on a mat that had been spread out beforehand, before penetrating her with his penis despite her opposition; On February 21, 2018, the juvenile judge closed the information and issued an order to refer the case to the same court for trial in accordance with the law; Entered on the cause list of March 20, 2018, the case was referred several times for the accused's appearance; failing to reach the accused, the file was finally referred to the general roll at the hearing of September 04, 2018, before being rescheduled for the hearing of March 05, 2019, date on which the file was retained and debated; the accused acknowledged the acts alleged against him by reiterating his statements made since the preliminary investigation; the victim declared that she would not file a claim for damages parallel to prosecution; Upon completion of the hearing, the State Counsel of Faso requested that the court find the accused guilty of the acts alleged against him and, as a punishment, order that he be handed over to his parents for better care; speaking last, the accused regretted his act and requested the clemency of the juvenile judge; the juvenile judge dismissed the case by issuing the following judgement: