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3.5 collective petitions to Chief Minister of Manipur urging appeal to higher court against release of Lukhosei Zou

by Rinku Khumukcham
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Imphal, Jan 15:

This petition in initiated by The 3.5 Collective, which is a civil society coalition in Manipur striving for the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 3, target 5, to strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
Showing serious concern to the released of Mr. Lukhosei Zou, the former chairman of ADC Chandel who had been allegedly caught red-handed along with large quantity of drugs in his official quarter by the NDPS court The 3.5 Collective, which is a civil society coalition in Manipur striving for the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 3, target 5, to strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol, have started petition to the Chief Minister of Manipur.
‘Zou’ was released by the judgement order dated December 17, 2020 by the ND& PS Court , in special trial case no. 100 of 2018.
“ The conviction of two persons (Lukhosei’s driver and a 19 year old lad) out of the 13 accused in this case is also seem as mere act of scapegoating; rather than any genuine act of delivering justice”, the petition mention.
It further stated that the judgement not only set an unhealthy precedent; but the general public feels that it demonstrates the ailing state of our criminal justice system where any criminal with long pockets can buy his way out of the system. If this trend continues unchecked, the drug cartel operating in Manipur will be emboldened and the society will soon be dragged down by the menace of drug beyond redemption.
“Following this controversial judgement, the public prosecutor, who argued the case, has submitted six solid legal grounds of appeal vide memo no. NDPS/SPLPP/2020/04 dated 21 December 2020. It includes, inter alias, failure of the NDPS court to appreciate the documentary evidence submitted by the prosecution; failure of all the accused to prove their innocence that they were not in a culpable mental state of mind and conspired to do the illegal drug business together”, it added.
The 3.5 collective urged the Government of Manipur to appeal against the said judgement/order to the High Court of Manipur seeking reinvestigation and re-trial without any further delay.

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