Man convicted under POCSO Act
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 27 2023:
An ECG technician of RIMS has been convicted of sexually assaulting a minor on October 3, 2019 under Section 6 of POCSO Act.
Reportedly, the Court of Salam Imocha, Judge Fast Track Special Court number 1 Manipur on Thursday convicted Thokchom Suraj (39) of Keishamthong Moirang Ningthou Leirak for sexually assaulting the victim inside the EGC room of RIMS and fixed July 31 for sentence hearing.
The judgment was announced after it was kept reserved after hearing the submission of Special PP and defence counsel of convict.
The convict who is presently on bail was present during the announcement of the judgement order.
He has been remanded to judicial custody at Manipur Central Jail Sajiwa.
The case was on against the convict after the mother of the minor lodged a complaint before Lamphel Police Station on October 3, 2019 .
The complainant claimed that her daughter was admitted at RIMS hospital with stomach pain on October 3, 2019 and later taken to ECG room to take some tests on the advice of the doctors.
She claimed that her daughter, however, was raped by the technician inside the ECG room.