The judgment of the court below is reversed.

Defendant shall be punished by a fine of KRW 2,000,000.

The above fine shall not be paid by the defendant.

1. Summary of grounds for appeal;

A. misunderstanding of facts or misapprehension of legal principles, the Defendant committed the instant defamation crime on the grounds that: (a) intentionally damaged the reputation of the victim for the purpose of obtaining favorable results in civil disputes between the F Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “F”) and the victim; and (b) the victim did not receive refund or compensation even after the follow-up management; (c) thus, the Defendant committed the instant defamation crime for the public interest in the crime of defamation of this case.

Therefore, illegality under Article 310 of the Criminal Code can not be avoided.

Therefore, the judgment of the court below which acquitted the Defendant on this part on the ground that the illegality under Article 310 of the Criminal Act was removed with respect to the Defendant’s defamation crime of this case is erroneous in the misapprehension of legal principles.

B. In a case where the lower court found the Defendant guilty of an illegal sentencing, the sentence (amounting to KRW 700,000) imposed on the Defendant is too uneased and unreasonable.

2. Judgment on the misapprehension of the legal principle or mistake of facts

A. The summary of this part of the facts charged was that the Defendant purchased 39 buses of compressed natural gas (CNG) produced by the victim, as the FF representative director in Daejeon Dong-gu E.

피고인은 2014. 5. 15.부터 같은 달 23. 경 사이 세종 특별자치 시 어진 동 다솜 2로 943동 401호 세종정부 청사 앞 노상 등에서, 경기권 공무원의 출퇴근을 위해 F 버스를 운행 중, 엔진 결함으로 인해 " 시동 꺼 짐, 울컥 거림" 현상이 발생하여 그 버스가 갑자기 멈추어 서게 되어 안전 행정부로부터 19대 버스의 운행 중지 처분을 받았다는 이유로 화가 나, 피해자를 비방할 목적으로 미리 마련한 중고 관광버스 1대의 양쪽 측면, 후면 등에 "I 운행 중 시동 꺼 짐 원인 규명!!! 최근 2년 총 43대 70억 구매 했건만! I는 모르쇠 일관! 보상은 0원! A/S 는 엉터리!"( 이하 ‘ 이 사건 문구 ’라고 한다 )라고...