bedroom, dropped her on the bed, and as she screamed, put a sheet in her mouth; that while the others held her limbs, A.B climbed on top of her and had sex with her; after him, the others sexually abused her; When questioned about the acts, A.B. and the others implicated in this case-D.S, T.A., S.H-readily acknowledged the acts; Upon completion of the investigation, the procedure was transmitted to the State Counsel of Faso at the High Court of Bobo-Dioulasso; before this authority, the three suspects again recognized the acts alleged against them; he explained that they were at the party of R around 11:00 pm; that being there K asked D.S. to take B.K. home; that they then left in a group but D.S took the direction of his own home; while he was there, he entered his room with the victim while the other three waited outside; the other three joined them and took turns to force sexual relations on the girl; when she screamed, T.A closed her mouth with his hand; the Legal Department brought charges of rape against the accused before the Juvenile Judge and issued provisional custody orders against them; The case was entered on the cause list of August 10, 2007, at which time it was held; A.B. again admitted that he had had sexual relations with B.K.; that he was helped by D.S., who had grabbed the victim's hands; that he knew that she did not consent; S.H. declared that he had had sexual relations with the victim; that to do so, D.S grabbed the girl's chest; that he was aware that the girl did not consent; T.A. said that when he climbed on the victim, someone grabbed the victim's chest; D.S. also admitted that he had had sexual intercourse with the victim and that he had been helped by his companions who had immobilized the victim; that he knew that the victim did not consent; The victim, assisted by her sister B.S., declared that she was withdrawing her complaint against the accused in order to allow them to continue their schooling; B.S., the representative of the minor victim, aged 17, said that she had no objection to the withdrawal of the said complaint; she declared, however, that she was filing a civil suit and demanded payment of the sum of CFAF 105,000 (one hundred and five thousand), representing the cost of examinations and prescriptions, against the accused; The Legal Department, after having summarized the facts, requested that all the accused be found guilty of rape and sentenced to 18 (eighteen) months’ imprisonment; Then, the Juvenile Judge, after having deliberated in accordance with the law, made the following decisions publicly before the court; 3