Convicted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 18 2023:
The Court of Special Judge Fast Track Special Court Number 1 Manipur on Tuesday convicted a 32 year old man for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2018 .
Convict Pangambam Johnson of Yairipok Nongbrang Leikai allegedly outraged the modesty of the young girl on February 2, 2018 inside a Tata Tipper and abandoned the victim the next day at Bishnupur Bazar.
He was convicted under Section 4 of POCSO Act and April 21 was fixed for sentence hearing to announce the quantum of punishment.
The judgment was announced today after it was kept on reserve from March 13 .
The convict who is presently on bail also appeared before the Court today along with his counsel.
The case was on against P Johnson after a complaint was lodged by the mother of the victim on February 3, 2018 .
As per the complainant, her daughter was sexually assaulted repeatedly by the convict on the night of February 2 somewhere in Yairipok.
The convict was arrested by Bishnupur women police on February 4, 2018 while the Special Court POCSO Bishnupur framed charges against the convict under Section 4 of POCSO Act before the case was transferred from Special Court POCSO Bishnupur to Fast Track Special Court Number 1 Manipur.
During the trial, 12 prosecution witnesses, 17 exhibits as documents and 11 material objects were submitted to prove the charges levelled against the convict.
The convict, however, didn't produce any witness to claim innocence.
Soon after the announcement of the judgment today, the convict was sent to judicial custody at Manipur Central Jail at Sajiwa.
The Court directed the Superintendent of Manipur Central Jail Sajiwa to produce the convict before the Court on April 21 .