The District & Sessions Court Wokha has sentenced one Lirhonthung Murry to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering Enibemo Ezung in 2017.
The accused, who was convicted under Sec. 302 IPC on October 22, 2021, has also been ordered to pay a fine of Rs.1000 and in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. According to DIPR, a dead body, which was later identified as Enibemo Ezung, was recovered at the premises of Primary School at New Lio-Wokha under Bhandari Police Station on July 17, 2017.
In this connection, a case was registered with Bhandari police station in the course of investigation, two persons Lirhonthung Murry and Lolanbeni Murry were arrested.
However, after thorough investigation, the investigation officer James Jami, the then SDPO Bhandari, filed the chargesheet against the accused Lirhonthung Murry U/S 302 IPC. During the trial, as many as nine prosecution witnesses were examined by the court.
While passing the judgment, the trial court noted that though there was no eye witness to the occurrence, the circumstantial evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt and showed that the chain of circumstantial evidence was so completed that there was no escape from the conclusion that in all human probabilities that the death of the deceased was caused by the accused and none else.
Meanwhile, DIPR report stated that the district & sessions court Wokha also convicted accused Nenyalo Messen and sentenced to life imprisonment on September 15 2021 in connection with a case registered with Wokha police station U/S 302 IPC and dismissed Money Suit No. 01/2017 on July 16 2021 which was filed against the Department of Tourism, Nagaland in connection with a contract work order amounting to Rs.48,82,8810.