The appeal is dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are examined.

For the reasons indicated in its reasoning, the lower court upheld the first instance judgment that acquitted the charged facts of this case on the ground that there is no proof of crime.

The judgment below

Examining the reasoning in light of the relevant legal principles and records, the lower court’s aforementioned determination is justifiable. In so doing, contrary to what is alleged in the grounds of appeal, the lower court did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence against logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal doctrine on the purpose of slandering a crime of defamation in violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. (Defamation)

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.