The judgment of the court below is reversed.

Defendant shall be punished by a fine of KRW 3,000,000.

The above fine shall not be paid by the defendant.

1. According to the summary of the grounds for appeal (the factual error and the misapprehension of the legal principle), although the defendant could sufficiently recognize that he had openly committed obscene acts twice as shown in the facts charged, the court below found the defendant not guilty of the facts charged in this case. The court below erred by misapprehending the legal principles and thereby adversely affecting the conclusion of the judgment.

2. Determination

A. The lower court found the Defendant not guilty of the facts charged in this case on the ground that it is difficult to see that the Defendant’s act was performed, and it is difficult to see that the Defendant recognized the performance of his act, since the Defendant committed a crime by putting a specific woman on a motor vehicle in the four-way road at night.

B. The term “patent” under Article 245 of the Criminal Act refers to a state in which an unspecified or a large number of people can be recognized, and performance can be recognized even if a large number of people have not been actually recognized if it is a place in which an unspecified or a large number of people are present or frequent.

살피건대, 원심에서 적법하게 채택하여 조사한 증거들에 의하여 인정되는 다음과 같은 사정들, 즉 피고인은 야간에 자동차를 운전하여 도로를 돌아다니다가 발견한 여성을 대상으로 이 사건 각 범행을 한 것으로서, 그 범행 대상은 사전에 정해진 특정인이 아니라 불특정 여성들에 대한 물색 행위를 통하여 그때그때 정해진 것으로 보이는 점, 피고인은 인도에서 횡단보도의 신호를 기다리고 있는 여성들을 범행 대상으로 정하였는데, 피해 여성 앞에 자동차를 세운 후 인도에 있는 피해 여성이 피고인을 볼 수 있도록 자동차의 창문을 내리고 자동차의 실내등을 켠 상태로 이 사건 각 범행을 하였는바, 그 자체가 불특정인에 대한 범행이라고 볼 수 있는 점, 위 피해 여성들이 있던...