The Patan High Court has ordered the release of medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai on a bail in both cases related to banking offences and those related to the royalist movement.
Justices Sudarshan Dev Bhatta and Munendra Prasad Awasthi on Monday ordered the release of Prasai on a bail of Rs 2.5 million in the banking offence. The court granted him bail on medical grounds.
Similarly, today, a bench of Patan High Court Justices Tanka Prasad Gurung and Dilli Ratna Shrestha has ordered his release on a bail in a case related to the violent protests that took place in the name of the royalist movement last March. The order has been issued for release on a bail of Rs 300,000.
A case had been registered against Prasai in the District Court, Kathmandu for crimes against the state, attempted murder and criminal offense. The court had initially ordered Prasai to be remanded in custody for trial.
The bail order was issued after the Patan High Court heard Prasai's petition challenging the district court's decision.
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