Supreme Court Orders Retrieval of Case File in Corruption Suit Involving Pappu Construction Owner

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ordered the retrieval of the case file in the corruption case involving Harinarayan Rouniyar, owner of Pappu Construction, and others. The order was issued by the joint bench of Justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Mahesh Sharma Paudel for the case, which has been pending in the 'Heard-Heard' category since Shrawan 20, to retrieve the file that was destroyed in the arson incident on Bhadra 24.

After the burned files are recovered, the court will set a new date for the hearing. Harinarayan Rouniyar and 8 others had reached the Supreme Court with separate appeals against the decision of the Special Court, which had convicted them on charges of constructing substandard bridges.

Similarly, dissatisfied with the decision of the Special Court, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had also filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against 11 individuals. The Supreme Court is hearing the appeals from both parties together.

In the case filed by the CIAA regarding Pappu Construction's construction of substandard bridges, the Special Court had convicted Harinarayan Rouniyar and his son Sumit Rouniyar (Pappu) and imposed fines.

The Special Court had sentenced Harinarayan and his son to a fine of three and a half crore rupees each.