Rape accused remanded to judicial custody
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 23 2023:
Special Judge POCSO Thoubal has remanded rape accused Md Suleiman to judicial custody till November 6 .
Md Suleiman (25) s/o Md Manigun of Thoubal Moijing Khongok was arrested by Thoubal district police on October 16 based on a complaint lodged by the mother of the minor victim before the OC, Women police station, Thoubal on October 4 .
The alleged was produced before the Court of Special Judge POCSO Thoubal after completion of the police custody period along with a prayer for judicial custody remand for further investigation of the case.
Through a special PP, the IO of the case submitted that the mother of the minor victim lodged a complaint to the OC, Women Police Station Thoubal on October 4 stating that her minor daughter was not feeling well and showed some unusual behaviour.
On being enquired, the minor victim narrated that she was sexually assaulted by the accused from March till September 2023 inside his house and at other places by threatening her with dire consequences if she disclosed the incident to any one.
The minor victim has now conceived.
It was further submitted that the accused admitted the charges levelled against him.
He admitted that one day he called the victim girl inside his room for choosing a face powder and sexually assaulted the victim inside the room.
To collect more evidence and also to conduct DNA profiling test to ascertain the biological father of the foetus being carried by the minor, it is necessary to keep the accused in judicial custody, the IOC said and prayed for remanding the accused in judicial custody.
The Court, on perusal of the case record and after hearing the submission of the Special PP and the defence counsel, remanded the accused in judicial custody till November 6 .