In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the Most Merciful The National High Court Central States Division – Al-Gadarif Mr. Tariq Al-Daw Ayoub – Chief Judge Mr. Al-Araki Al-Rayah Al-Elaish – Member Mr. Musa Alniel Abdel-Mukashfi – Member Number/M.Ein./F.J/86/2017 Criminal Division Trial of: Abdelaziz Abbakar Idriss DECISION Rabak Child Criminal Court convicted the accused Abdelaziz Abbakar under Article 45/B of the Child Law of Year 2010, and sentenced him to life imprisonment, for copulating the victim, whose age is 16 years old, and thus impregnating her; White Nile State’s Court of Appeal upheld this verdict. Lawyer Mohammed Hassan Alaaz lodged a legal Motion to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the Subject-matter Court decision, on the basis that it violates the Law. We accept the Motion procedurally, as it was lodged within the timeframe stated in Article 184 of Criminal Procedures’ law for the Year 1991. As for the subject-matter, we find that the conviction upholds, based on the accused plea of guilt throughout all the stages of proceedings – we also find that the subject-matter Court has correctly applied the Law, because the difference between the letter of article (4) of the Child Law of Year 2010 and that of Article (3) of the Criminal Law of Year 1991 has been settled.