Rabi Lamichhane released on Rs 5.4 million in bail
Chitwan / Feb 6: The Chitwan District Court on Thursday sought Rs 5.4 million in bail from former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane in connection to his involvement in the funds embezzlement from Sahara Chitwan Multipurpose Cooperative Limited.
District Judge Dayaram Dhakal ordered defendant Lamichhane to deposit the amount as per Section 68 of the National Criminal Procedure Code, 2074 BS. The order reads, “The defendant is to be released on the condition of depositing the demanded bail amount, surety, or bank guarantee.”
The Court made the order following the hearings continued for two days. District government attorneys Rabi Neupane, Shambhu Kumar Basnet, Dasharath Pangeni and Bholanath Niroula, along with assistant district government attorneys Buddha Bahadur Thapa and Amrit Subedi defended the government in the case against Rabi Lamichhane.
Likewise, Senior Advocates Sushil Kumar Panta, Jagannath Poudel, Dharmaraj Acharya and Surendra Bahadur Thapa and advocates Ramchandra Devkota and Dr Narayan Dutta Kandel shared their arguments on behalf of Lamichhane.
The District Attorney Office, Chitwan, had filed case against 15 individuals including Lamichhane on Tuesday.
To date, Lamichhane has secured bail in three separate cooperative fraud cases, totalling Rs22 million. He remains implicated in other fraud cases, including an ongoing investigation in Parsa, related to the Sanopaila Cooperative. However, Lamichhane denies any wrongdoing.
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