HEARING OF 26 APRIL 2017, ON FLAGRANTE DELICTO Judgement No. 034/17 of 26/04/2017 Legal Department No. 036/2017 of 26/04/17 LEGAL DEPARTMENT Vs: K. N. J. N At the public hearing of the Kongoussi High Court, sitting in criminal matters, held on 26 April two thousand and seventeen in the Court of the said town at eight o'clock in the morning, in the presence of Mr Abdoul-Kader BAGUIAN, President of the said Court. President Assisted by Arnaud Marie Noma OUOBA, Court Registrar; Court Registrar: Mr Wendyam Lambert SANFO, State Council of Faso, representing the Legal Department And of DIALLO Abdoulaye, Main Interpreter of the said court. Type of offence The case was called Rape Decision: SEE VERDICT BETWEEN 1) The State Counsel of Faso, petitioner in a flagrante delicto proceeding; Z. B, born on 30 March 2001 in Kongoussi, daughter of ZOROME Jacques and Y M, a pupil of Burkinabe nationality residing in Loulouka/Kongoussi: Appearing victim ON THE ONE HAND AND President A.K.B. LD: W.L.S. 2) K. J N. N, 26 years old, born on 24 December 1991 in Kongoussi, son of KINDA Emmanuel and SIGNA Angèle, a farmer of the Loulouka/Kongoussi nationality, who declares to have never been convicted, recruited or given an award; Accused of Rape: Acts provided for and punished by articles 2, 5 and 14 of Law N° 061-2015 CNT on the repression of violence against women and girls; Registrar N.M.A.O. Interpreter: D.A ON THE OTHER HAND During the appeal, the President gave notice of the act referring the case to the court and proceeded to identifying the accused; The answers of the accused were heard The oral submissions of Legal Department were heard The accused was given the floor last to defend himself based on his arguments; The court registrar took note of the proceedings; Then at the end of the debates, the court, having deliberated in accordance with the law, delivered the following ruling in a suit;

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