Hearing Scheduled for Former Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and Bechan Jha in Fake Bhutanese Refugee Case
A hearing has been scheduled for Thursday regarding the case of UML leader and former minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and Bechan Jha, who are currently detained for remand in the fake Bhutanese refugee case.
The petition filed by Rayamajhi and Jha is scheduled to be heard by a bench of High Court Patan judges Khadananda Tiwari and Netra Prakash Acharya.
They approached the High Court Patan after the Kathmandu District Court rejected their application seeking release from custody under Section 71 of the Muluki Criminal Procedure Code, 2074.
Rayamajhi, detained for remand in the fake Bhutanese refugee case, filed the petition on Poush 25 under Section 71 (2) of the Muluki Criminal Procedure Code, 2074.
After the bench of Kathmandu District Court Judge Sudarshan Lamichhane refused to release him from custody under Section 71 (2) of the Muluki Criminal Procedure Code, 2074, Rayamajhi approached the High Court Patan. Similarly, Bechan Jha had filed a petition in the High Court Patan on Poush 11 after the District Court refused to release him.
Section 71 (2) of the Muluki Criminal Procedure Code, 2074, states that if reasonable grounds are found to prove that an accused detained under Section 67 or Section 68 is not guilty, the court may order their release from custody, regardless of the stage of the proceedings. Rayamajhi based his application in the District Court on Section 71 (2).
On Ashar 1, 2080, the bench of Kathmandu District Court Judge Prem Prasad Neupane had ordered Rayamajhi and 16 others to be sent to custody for remand in the Bhutanese refugee case.
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