The Session Judge, Imphal East, on Saturday sentenced a 68-year-old widow to six-month imprisonment in connection with the death of a nine-month-old pregnant woman in 2015 at Bidyanagar village in Jiribam.
Widow Potsangbam Selendini was given the sentence after charges were framed against her under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code for culpable homicide, not amounting to murder.
It may be mentioned that the case pertains to the death of a pregnant woman on January 9, 2015 at Bidyanagar village in Jiribam. The convict was engaged in a fight with the daughter of the victim on January 9, 2015. When the victim, who was nine months pregnant, tried to intervene, Selendini kicked her in the abdomen which knocked her down unconscious on the ground.
The pregnant woman was rushed to a Community Health Centre at Jiribam, but died on the same day. The daughter then filed a police complaint and a case was registered against Selendini.
The court observed that Selendini had no intention to commit the crime and she herself tried to save the victim who was injured. And, she had no criminal antecedent and also, she was an Anganwadi helper giving service to the children.
Considering all such aspects, the court convicted Potsangbam Selendini under Section 304 IPC for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced her to six months in prison.
The convict was in custody from January 2015 to July 2015 during the period of the investigation, the court ordered that the period of detention undergone by the convict be set off under Section 428 CrPC.
