Meghalaya High Court grants bail to ex-MLA

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 26, 2020

The single bench of the Meghalaya High Court on Thursday granted bail to former legislator from Mawhati, Julius Kitbok Dorphang, who was arrested and jailed for raping a 14-year-old girl.

The court order is however awaited.

Dorphang was booked under the POCSO Act in 2017, for alleged sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl, who was rescued from a sex racket that has many people involved.

He was arrested from an inter-state bus terminus (ISBT) at Gorchuk, Guwahati in neighbouring Assam after absconding from the state for 11days following the FIR filed by State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR).

Two FIRs were filed based on the statements made by the victim girl, who identified his photograph as one among the accused, one in Laitumkhrah police station while the other in Ri Bhoi District.