The defendant's appeal is dismissed.

1. The gist of the grounds of appeal lies in the fact that the Defendant assaulted the victim D and inflicted an injury as stated in the facts charged. However, this is intended to protect the body of the Defendant in the situation where the victim threatened the Defendant with a knife knife knife knife (hereinafter “instant knife”), and thus, the Defendant’s act constitutes self-defense.

2. Determination

가. 이 사건 공소사실 요지 피고인은 2015. 5. 9. 17:55경 충북 증평군 B에 있는 C식당 앞에서 피해자 D(23세)이 주차해 놓은 BMW 차량을 발견하고 피해자에게 “어떤 새끼가 차를 이 따위로 받쳐 놨어”라고 하여 피해자가 “그 새끼가 접니다”라고 하자 시비가 되어, 충북 증평군 E에 있는 주택 옆 공터로 피해자를 따라오게 한 후 그곳에서 오른쪽 주먹으로 피해자의 왼쪽 얼굴을 1회 때리고, 우측 팔로 피해자의 목을 잡아 피해자를 바닥에 넘어뜨린 후 피해자의 몸 위에 올라타 피해자의 목을 조르고, 주먹으로 피해자의 얼굴, 귀, 머리 등을 수회 때린 다음 이빨로 피해자의 머리를 깨물어 피해자에게 약 2주 이상의 치료가 필요한 귀의 표재성 손상 등을 가하였다.

B. The Defendant made a statement to the effect that the lower court led to confession of the facts charged (the first trial record of the lower court) and considered it as a threatening situation at the time.

Therefore, based on the evidence duly admitted and investigated, the lower court sentenced the Defendant to a fine of KRW 1.5 million, based on the conviction of the instant facts charged.

C. (i) To recognize self-defense as stipulated in Article 21(1) of the Criminal Act, there should be “current unreasonable infringement” on one’s own or another’s legal interest. Whether such infringement is present or not should be determined according to the subjective circumstances of the subject of the infringement, not only should it be objectively determined.