facts of the case, asked the court to acquit the suspect for the accusations of rape, to declare him guilty for the offences of public indecent assault and public insult, and to sentence him for 2 years of imprisonment; Considering that from both the case file and the debates at the hearing there is no evidence that the accused committed rape of… and public indecent assault; that it is appropriate to order the acquittal of the accused for these offences; Considering however that there is consistency of the accusations of dissemination of indecent images and that it is appropriate to declare the accused guilty of this offence and to sentence him to 1 year of imprisonment; On civil damages Whereas….and … initiated a civil action and asked the court to order the accused to pay them respectively 1 million FCFA and 500 000 FCFA for all causes of the harm they suffered, to order provisional execution of the decision and to set the enforcement by committal to maximum; On procedure Whereas the civil action was duly instituted and that it is appropriate to declare it admissible; On merits Whereas the amounts of civil damages claimed are exaggerated and that that the court has sufficient reason to reduce the amounts respectively to 500 000 FCFA and 200 000 FCFA; That it is appropriate to order the accused to pay the said amounts; FOR THESE REASONS Ruling publicly in the presence of parties in correctional matters and at first instance:  Order the acquittal of…for the accusations of rape and public indecent assault;  Declares him guilty of the offences of dissemination of indecent images and public insult;  Sentences the accused to one year of imprisonment;  Declares admissible the civil action initiated by… and…;

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