Murder convict remanded
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 29 2026:
Murder convict Md Abdul Halim, who had failed to appear before the Court on several occasions, appeared before the Sessions Court, Imphal East, today and was remanded to judicial custody.
The Court has fixed November 6 for the hearing on sentence.
On August 11, 2026, the Sessions Court, Imphal East, convicted 58-year-old Md Abdul Halim, son of (L) Jafar of Kwakta Khuman, who was residing at Golapati Maning Leikai at the time of the occurrence, for murdering his wife by stabbing her with a knife at their rented residential house at Golapati in the evening of June 14, 2013 .
The judgment was pronounced in the absence of the convict, who had repeatedly failed to appear before the Court during the trial.
Following his conviction, arrest warrants were issued on three occasions, directing the Officer-in-Charge of Porompat Police Station and the Officer-in-Charge of Phaogakchao Ikhai Police Station to execute the warrants and produce him before the Court for the hearing on sentence.
The convict appeared before the Court today and submitted that he had temporarily shifted his residence due to the prevailing law and order situation.




