Key legal question
Whether the costs charged to the accused after dismissal were lawful under Art. 426(2) CPP.
Extracted holding
Yes. The accused's admitted insults were unlawful and culpable conduct that caused the proceedings, so charging one third of the costs was permissible and proportionate.
Extracted reasoning
Indigence does not exempt from costs under Art. 426(2) CPP. The accused could not invoke the presumption of innocence because he admitted the relevant facts. The victim's conduct did not break causation, since the admitted acts triggered the criminal proceedings.