Court allows
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 28 2022:
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal West has allowed the CBI to open the sealed box received from Director Forensic Science Laboratory Pangei pertaining to the death of N Babysana Chanu inside the hostel of Standard Robarth Higher Secondary School Canchipur on July 18, 2019 .
The application to open the sealed box was filed by Inspector Surjit Paul of CBI SCB Kolkata.
The applicant mentioned that the IO concerned has collected the original documents, articles and recorded statement of the case as per the approval of the Court.
However, the box received from Director Forensic Science Laboratory Pangei was found sealed and it is necessary to open it for blood grouping and DNA profiling test as ordered by the Court on November 16 last, the application said.
The Court on perusal of the application and after hearing the IO allowed to open the box on the condition that the same has to be video recorded for at least three minute and the name, signature, designation of the officers concerned with his assistants who open the seal should be clearly reflected.