Court rejects discharge petition of former VP, Kohima College
KOHIMA, OCTOBER 24 (MExN): Judicial Magistrate First Class, Guahati High Court, Kohima Bench has rejected the discharge petition filed by former Vice Principal, Kohima College in connection to the education qualification certificate case of Nagaland MP Neiphiu Rio on October 21, 2016. The case is in connection to an FIR filed at Kohima North PS C/NO 20/2016 U/S 465/468 /471 /417 IPC GR 33/2016.
At the hearing, the counsel for the applicant admitted that the provisional certificate issued to Neiphiu Rio as BA (Hons) instead of BA (Pass course) as an inadvertent mistake committed by her and that the said action was purely human and a clerical error without any intention.
The prosecution represented by APP strongly objected to the discharge petition while arguing that the accused has signed the BA Certificate/educational qualification certificate and “admitted during interrogation /investigation that she has issued the BA (Pass) certificate and signed on behalf of the Principal who was away at that point of time.”
After hearing the argument from both sides, the Judicial Magistrate First Class Tucunu Vamozo concluded, “Upon considering the report submitted by the investigating agency and on brief perusal, it may not be appropriate to discharge the present accused, therefore the discharge petition is herby rejected.”
