Court dismisses complaints against Nagaland CM T R Zeliang’s educational qualification

Maziezokho Nisa of Jotsoma village had filed the first complaint against an alleged offence punishable under Section 125 A of the Representation of People Act, 1951, purported to have been committed by Zeliang while filling educational details in his affidavit for 2013 state elections.

A similar case was filed against Zeliang by K K Kulimbe alias Kengim of Jalukie town this month. As the facts were identical, both the cases were taken up together and disposed of by the common order issued on Friday. The magistrate observed that “the punishment for infringement of the offence under Section 125-A of the Representation of People Act is imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. As such, by virtue of clause (b) of the sub section (2) of section 468 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the period of limitation for institution of the two instant complaint cases is one year.”

Accordingly, the court ruled that both the complaint cases are time-barred and also finding no satisfactory ground to condone the delay in filing the complaints, dismissed them.