Questão jurídica principal
Whether the complainant had to appear personally at the conciliation hearing under Art. 316 para. 1 StPO and could not be represented by counsel.
Decisão extraída
Personal appearance was required; representation did not replace attendance at the conciliation hearing.
Fundamentação extraída
The wording and purpose of Art. 316 para. 1 StPO require the complainant’s personal participation. The hearing is designed to foster direct confrontation and an out-of-court settlement, and the statutory consequence of non-appearance is withdrawal of the complaint.