Supreme Court Schedules Hearing on Withdrawal of Charges Against Rabi Lamichhane in Cooperative Fraud Case

Kathmandu. The hearing on the writ petition against the withdrawal of the charge sheet filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane in the organized crime and money laundering cases filed alongside the cooperative fraud case has been scheduled for tomorrow, kept in the 'to be heard' category.

 The hearing could not be concluded today in the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Saranga Subedi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel, so it was placed in the 'to be heard' category.

Senior Advocate Dinesh Tripathi, law students Ayush Badal, and Yuvraj Poudel filed the writ petition against the decision made by Attorney General Savita Bhandari, who had directed the District Government Attorney's Office to amend the cooperative fraud, organized crime, and money laundering cases pending in various districts against Lamichhane.

In the 7-page 'Comment and Order' endorsed by Attorney General Savita Bhandari on Poush 30, instructions were given to the District Government Attorney's Offices to proceed only with the cooperative fraud case against Lamichhane and drop the other two serious nature cases.

Although applications were presented in the Kaski and Rupandehi District Courts according to the directive given by Attorney General Bhandari, the hearing could not take place because the case is sub judice in the Supreme Court. In accordance with the directive of the Attorney General's Office, the government attorney's offices in Kathmandu and Parsa have not yet filed applications in the District Court to amend the charge sheet involving Lamichhane and others.