IMPHAL, May 27 NNN: Th Tarun and Y William, the co-accused in the rape case of a class XII student of TG Higher Secondary School student were produced before the court of District and Session Judge, Manipur East, M Manoranjan on Monday and the court recorded statements of five persons including the victim in the case. In the case, Tarun of Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai and William of Khagempalli Panthak, are being sued on the charges of raping the minor girl on October 20, 2012. The duo allegedly sexually assaulted Kabita in a restaurant at Tiddim road near Imphal Airport. Government Special Prosecutor Ngangom Tejkumar told the media that the court recorded the statement of the victim for several hours and another four persons gave their testimonies in connection with the case in the court. He said almost 70 percent of the case’s proceedings had been finished and that the trial was expected to close in July this year. In a self-assurance, Tejkumar said that the case ‘The State Versus Tarun and William’ would be the first ever rape case in Manipur to be delivered ‘speedy judgment.’ The police had filed the chargesheets of the rape case in the court in December 2012 and its trial began March 13, 2013.
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