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: