COURT OF APPEAL OF OUAGADOUGOU Judgement No. 21/2019 of 06/03/2019 RP No. 002/2019 of 06/02/2019 CASE: Public Prosecution: Vs S.J TYPE OF OFFENCE Assault and Battering (ITT of 96 hours) DECISION (See verdict) PANEL PRESIDENT Salifou TIENDREBEOGO Judicial Assessor: BAZIE Piali Rigobert LEGAL DEPARTMENT Wendyam Lambert SANFO COURT REGISTRAR KABORE Victor BURKINA FASO ********** Unity- Progress-Justice HIGH COURT OF KONGOUSSI HEARING OF MARCH 6, 2019, ON MINOR OFFENCE The High Court of Kongoussi (Burkina Faso), ruling minor offences during an ordinary court hearing of sixth March two thousand and nineteen, in the Court of the said town at 8 am, in which were present: Salifou TIENDREBEOGO, President of the said court; PRESIDENT Assisted by BAZIE Piali Rigobert, Judicial Assessor And Mr KABORE Victor, Court Registrar; COURT REGISTRAR, Mr Wendyam Lambert SANFO, State Counsel at the said court of Faso, representing the Legal Department; LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Mr DIALLO Abdoulaye, Legal Interpreter; The following judgement was delivered: BETWEEN The State Counsel of Faso petitioner by direct summons to the accused in accordance with Articles 531 and 532 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; ON THE ONE HAND; AND S.J, born on 01/01/1970 in Zoura, of the late S.S and S.N, housewife, residing in Kongoussi, widowed mother of five (05) children, who claims to have never been convicted, recruited or given an award; Accused of assault and battering on K.A leading to a 4-day ITT; Acts provided for and punished by articles 2-4 and 8-8 of decree No. 097-84/PRES/PM/MJ of 28/02/1997 defining and punishing minor offences; ON THE OTHER HAND Entered on the cause list of February 6, 2019, for hearing in minor offences, the case was postponed to March 6, 2019, at the request of Barrister OUATTARA Issiaka, lawyer of the accused to summon the victim to appear before the Minor Offence Court; At the hearing of March 6, 2019, the case was summoned, then retained and debated to be judged in accordance with the law; When questioned at the said hearing, the accused declared that she wanted to be tried immediately;