Attorney's Psychiatric Remarks in Tenancy Dispute Not Defamatory Due to Good Faith Belief in Complainant's Abnormal Behavior

The appellate court considered whether the use of psychiatric terms like "psychopath" and "querulant" by a legal professional during a telephone conversation with a conciliation board about a tenancy dispute constituted defamation under Article 173 of the Criminal Code, affirming that such terms used with defamatory intent, rather than in a scientific context, constitute an offense against honor. Although the objective elements of defamation were met by the attorney's improper language during an administrative procedure, the court ultimately acquitted the defendant because he successfully provided evidence of good faith, demonstrating that due to the complainant's highly unusual and disruptive behavior in the tenancy dispute—including barricading a shared garden area and installing an alarm without permission—the attorney had serious, justifiable reasons to believe, in good faith, that the complainant exhibited a psychological abnormality.