60 year old convicted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 09 2017:
Special Court POCSO, Imphal West Judge, Maibam Manojkumar, convicted 60 year old rape accused Huidrom Bheigya, under section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012, after the order was kept reserved on September 29 after the final hearing of the case .
The convict Huidrom Bheigya (60) s/o (L) H Angangyaima of Komlakhong Ereima Maning Leikai was brought from Judicial custody remand in Sajiwa jail regarding the case for the announcement of the judgement .
The judgement order announced in an open Court today, convicted the accused under section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012 .
The judgement order was also furnished to the defense counsel of the accused and October 12 was fixed for the sentence hearing of the POCSO trial case .
Altogether 12 prosecution witnesses gave their submission during the special trial against the accused Huidrom Bheigya .
It may be mentioned that the rape incident came to light after the mother of the victim lodged a complaint to Mayang Imphal police station on September 2, 2016, at around 2 pm, stating that the previous day, while her daughter went to a nearby shop with her sister to buy sweets, the convicted accused, who also happened to be their neighbour, called the victim inside his room and raped her .
Soon after, Huidrom Bheigya was arrested by Mayang Imphal police station and handed over to women police station for further investigation of the case on the day of the arrest itself.