Key legal question
Who bears the accused's appellate defense costs when only the private plaintiff appealed?
Extracted holding
When the appeal is brought solely by the private plaintiff, the plaintiff must bear the accused's reasonable defense costs in appeal.
Extracted reasoning
Appellate proceedings initiated exclusively by the private plaintiff are comparable to the situations in Art. 432 CPP because continuation of the case depends entirely on that party's will; by analogy to the cost principle for appeals, the unsuccessful party must bear the consequences.