Court issues non-bailable warrant of arrest
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 23 2022:
The Special Court ND&PS has issued a non-bailable warrant of arrest against convict Safiqur Rahaman, 41 who failed to appear before the Court for sentence hearing today.
Notably, the same Court of Judge Kh Ajit on November 11 had convicted Safiqur Rahaman under Section 21(c) of ND&PS Act.
He was arrested for possession of 16,200 number of SP capsules on August 8, 2013 from Sekmai Bazar by a team of Narcotic Cell Imphal West.
Safiqur Rahaman hails from Lilong Tairen Makhong.
The convict failed to appear before the Court for sentence hearing despite the assurance given by the defense counsel on the date of conviction that he will surrender before the Court today.
The defense counsel prayed the Court for fixing the next date on November 30 stating that the convict was unwell.
However, no medical documents were submitted in the Court.
The Court after hearing both the prosecutor and defense counsel, issued the non-bailable warrant of arrest against the convict returnable before November 30.The Court also directed Officer in-Charge Lilong police station to execute the warrant of arrest immediately.