Overview
- CBI petitions to revoke bail for Arun Khundongbam and Nameirakpam Kiran Meitei advanced on Tuesday as the Supreme Court issued notices to both men in the 2023 Kangpokpi parading and gang‑rape case.
- The bench pressed Manipur and Assam legal services to appoint language‑competent lawyers for each complainant at once and told trial judges to record whether chargesheets have been given to victims.
- Gauhati High Court granted the two men bail in September 2025 after more than two years in custody, citing trial delays it linked to CBI lapses, while the agency now stresses the gravity of the alleged sexual assault and public parading.
- Trials are being held in Assam after a 2023 transfer, with a Guwahati special court framing charges in January 2026, and the Supreme Court sought fresh status reports from investigation monitor Dattatray Padsalgikar and the Gita Mittal rehabilitation panel.
- Victims’ lawyers flagged missing documents and slow hearings that left families without counsel, the CBI said copies reached victims, and coverage in The Telegraph highlighted the agency’s warning about risks to witnesses if bail stands.