The appeal is dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are examined.

For the reasons indicated in its holding, the lower court upheld the first instance judgment that acquitted the Defendant on the ground that there was no proof of a crime regarding the violation of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act and defamation due to the assertion of false facts as of March 14, 2014 among the facts charged in the instant case, and the violation of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act and defamation due to the assertion of false facts as of July 18, 2014.

Examining the record, the above determination by the court below is justifiable.

There is no error by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence against logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal principles on the crime of violation of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act and defamation.

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