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The appeal is dismissed.
Reasons
The grounds of appeal are examined.
For the reasons indicated in its reasoning, the lower court upheld the first instance judgment that acquitted the Defendant on the ground that there was no proof of crime regarding the charge of indecent act by force against the victim I (the victim I, 57 years old) among the facts charged in the instant case.
Examining the record, the above determination by the court below is justifiable.
There is no error of exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence against logical and empirical rules, or of misapprehending the relevant legal principles.
On the other hand, the prosecutor appealed against the guilty portion of the judgment below, but there is no indication of the grounds for appeal in the petition of appeal and there is no statement of the grounds for appeal in the appellate brief.
Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.