3.5 Collective shares thoughts
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 30 2022:
The 3.5 Collective has hailed the move to finally appeal in the High Court of Manipur against the acquittal of Loukhosei Zou and 11 co-accused in the infamous drug seizure case and added "We hope to see a copy of the said appeal once it is deposited to the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India as directed in its order dated 29 April, 2022" .
In a statement, 3.5 Collective said, "As per the Government of Manipur's affidavit to the SC, 'As per the direction of the Governor of Manipur vide order dated 18th March 2021 issued by the Deputy Secretary (Law), Govt of Manipur..' and added, "Interestingly this fact of Governor of Manipur's order to file a criminal appeal was never placed before the High Court of Manipur, when members of 3.5 Collective filed a petition seeking the 'leave of appeal' even though the hearing of the case continued till 25 April 2021, which is more than a month after the order.
If the Government had submitted this fact in the High Court, we would not have filed the Special Leave Petition in the SC" .