Convicted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 10 2020:
RK Memcha, Session Judge of Imphal West on January 6, convicted one Meisnam Suresh Singh of Ghari Awang Leikai for raping a minor on August 14, 2014, apart from fixing January 13 for the sentence hearing.
The judgment order was announced after it was kept on reserved following the final hearing on November 27 last year.
The case began against the Meisnam Suresh (32) s/o Loken after a complaint was lodged by the father of the victim before Women PS Imphal West claiming that on August 14, 2014, his daughter was sexually assaulted by the convict while she was sleeping in her room, in the absence of other people in the house.
After committing the crime, the convict absconded but he surrendered before the police on August 16.After completing the investigation of the case within a span of 4 months, the first IO of the case submitted the necessary charge sheet against the convict for the trial.
Charges were framed against Suresh on December 3, 2015 and 11 prosecution witnesses were produced by the prosecution during the trial.
The convict, in his defense, also produced some witnesses during the trial.
Finally, after going through all the submissions from both sides and the case records, the Court convicted Meisnam Suresh and fixed January 13 for the sentence hearing It may be mentioned that this trial marked the first ever charge sheet submitted by Women PS Imphal West after it was established in the month of April (2014) .