By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: As many as 10 rape cases were disposed of by the Fast Track Court of Nongstoin headed by Judge Thomas Diengdoh since 2002.
From these 10 disposed of cases, there were however, only 6 cases where the accused have been convicted while in the other 4 cases, the accused have died, was acquitted or shifted to the Juvenile Justice Board.
According to the documents obtained through an RTI filed by CSWO president Agnes Kharshiing, from the 10 cases, as many as 7 cases were minor rape, the youngest of which was a rape of a 2 year and 10 months old minor.
The RTI findings revealed that about 4 cases reported since 2002 were disposed of in 2012 while the other 6 cases were disposed of in 2013.
From these 10 cases, there were only 2 cases in which the clothes were sent to the forensic lab and in many as 9 cases, medical examination was done.
From the 10 cases, there were only 3 cases where the victims were not called for hearing.
