10 years imprisonment for rapist
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 30 2019:
Binny Ngangom, Additional Session Judge, Fast Track Court, Crime Against Women, Manipur, sentenced one Ginsuonmung Zou (41) of Tangizol village, Churachandpur , to 10 years in jail for raping a (then) 6 year old minor way back in 1998.Ginsuonmung Zou alias Ginmung Zou was convicted by the same Court on December 20.The convict was sentenced for the crime which he committed back in 1998 .
He had been on the run all these time before he was arrested on October 24, 2016, by Singhat police.
During the proceeding today, the Court heard the submission of Special PP who prayed for awarding maximum penalty to the convict.
On the other hand, the defense counsel of the convict contended that the convict is now 41 years old and is the lone bread earner of his family and that he also has four school going children.
After hearing the submissions and going through the case records, the Court sentenced the convict to 10 years in jail.
The Court further ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs 1000 explaining that in case he does not pay the fine, he will have to undergo another six months in jail.