A member of a banned Manipuri rebel group has pleaded guilty before a Delhi court, which sentenced him to jail for the period already spent in custody after he submitted that he will not indulge in any militant activities in the future.
Raj Kumar Raghunath Singh alias Ronan Aier, a member of banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), pleaded guilty before Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash and said he was no more a member of the group and his wife is a senior police officer.
Having spent over four years in custody, Singh also submitted that he wanted to lead a normal life ahead.
"Since convict Raj Kumar Raghunath Singh has pleaded guilty and is in judicial custody since June 27, 2009 and undertakes not to involve in any illegal activity further and stated as a fact that he is no more a member of any banned organisation as defined under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, my inference is that the convict be sentenced to the period already undergone by him," the court said.
Singh was charged under section 17 and 20 of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
He was accused of being an active member and self-styled captain of KYKL.
He was also accused of raising funds for committing militant acts and maintaining account in the name of fictitious person, Mairembam Anand Singh.
His name was also on the list of militants issued by the government of Manipur.
After sentencing him to jail term already undergone, the court directed that "he be set at liberty, if not required in any other case".
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