Drug dealer convicted after 5 yrs
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 18 2023:
After over 5 years of legal procee-dings, the Court of Special Judge ND&PS, Thoubal on Friday convicted a drug peddler who was arrested along with one Kilogram of brown sugar from Thoubal Moijing Lamkhai under Section 21(C) of ND&PS Act.
Convict Md Rakibur Rahaman (34) s/o MV Hasamuddin of Moijing Mayai Leikai was arrested on December 1, 2017 .
The sentence hearing would be held on February 27 as per the ruling of the Court.
The judgment order was announced yesterday after it was reserved from January 30 .
It is reported that the convict was found carrying one Kilogram of brown sugar during the time of arrest.
The IO of the case, then SI A Chittaranjan of NAB Manipur submitted a charge sheet before the Court against the convict for trial under Section 21 (C) of ND&PS Act.
Subsequently, the Court framed charges against the convict for trial.
To prove the charges levelled against the convict, five prosecution witnesses' one Court witness and 22 exhibits were produced during the trial.
The Court, after hearing the submission of Special PP and defence counsel, observed that the prosecution has proved beyond all reasonable doubt that Md Rakibur was arrested on December 1, 2017 at about 3 pm from Thoubal Moijing Lamkhai area along with the brown sugar.
The Court convicted Md Rakibur under Section 21(C) of ND & PS Act and fixed February 27 for sentence hearing.