the accused had come to the house to attack his mother. He then went back home to find out what was wrong, but when he arrived he did not find K.I at the scene. So he went to the neighbour's house to inform him. And while talking to him, he saw the accused passing by. He then intercepted him to ask him the reason behind the assault on his mother, which degenerated into a fight in which the accused brandished the machetes he was carrying with him. II- PROCEDURE A- Prosecution 1- Constituting the offence Whereas K.I was brought before the Koupèla High Court to answer for acts of violence against T.Z; whereas there are grounds for a contradictory ruling; Whereas K.I has been accused of having in P...., on . 2017 , in any case since less than 3 (three) years ago, by gestures and words signifying a manifest intention to cause property damage, injury or death to the woman or girl with respect to TZ; Acts provided for and punished by Article 13 paragraph 2 of Law No. 0612015/CNT of September 6, 2015, on the prevention, punishment and reparation of violence against women and girls, and support for victims; Whereas the offence of psychological and moral violence, as defined in article 13, paragraph 2 of the above-mentioned law, presupposes firstly the perpetration of an act of violence, secondly that such violence must be inflicted on the woman or the girl and thirdly that there is a guilty intention. Whereas in the case at hand it is constantly apparent from the documents in the case file and from the proceedings at the hearing, that the acts of violence alleged against the accused were perpetrated by the latter against T.Z's son; Whereas the cause of the said acts is the fact that T.Z's son was trying to settle scores with the accused in connection with the conflict between the latter and G.S's mother; That the accused states that he neither assaulted nor set foot in the victim's house today, contrary to the victim's statement; That this latter statement is confirmed by the victim's son, who maintains that he saw him from afar and intercepted him to ask him for explanations regarding his mother's alleged assault and a fight broke out between them; It should therefore be observed that the violence, even if established, was not directed against the woman, T.Z., but rather against her son; From this point of view, one of the legal conditions, in the case at hand, that the victim must 3