The court of judicial magistrate first class Boduve Peter Resu convicted and sentenced one accused Laventhung Lotha to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5000 for commission of robbery under section 392 IPC.
A press release by the office of the public prosecutor stated that the accused was arrested for robbing an auto driver in broad daylight and deliberately threatening the victim as a member of insurgency group. The case was investigated by east police station successfully and the prosecution case was conducted by assistant public prosecutor, Dimapur Imlimongla. Magistrate in his judgement said that in a state like Nagaland which is “hard hit by insurgency” and where “extortion and robbery were considered normal everyday affairs, victims and witnesses were afraid to come forward due to the fear of their own safety”.
He said that this emboldened the criminals to continue harassing the innocent people of the state. Further, he stated that protecting the society and deterring the criminal was an avowed object of law and that was required to achieve by imposing an appropriate sentence.