Special Court Orders Bail for Former Udayapur Cement General Manager in Corruption Case

Kathmandu. The Special Court has ordered Nawalkishor Sah, the former acting General Manager of Udayapur Cement Industries Limited, to post a bail of 1 million rupees.

On Friday, a bench consisting of Special Court Chairman Sudarshan Dev Bhatta and member Umesh Koirala issued the order on Wednesday. The court has demanded a cash bail of 1 million rupees or a bank guarantee of an equivalent amount from Sah.

The order further states that if he fails to post the bail, he must be issued a detention warrant and sent to prison.

However, based on the evidence obtained, including investigation committee reports, clinker inventory records, and the control room register bearing Sah's own signature, the court has concluded that he cannot be considered innocent. A corruption case was filed against him for the embezzlement of government property (clinker) worth over 465.2 million rupees.

Nawalkishor Sah is accused of abusing his position to embezzle clinker while serving as the Production Division Chief, Deputy General Manager, and Acting General Manager at Udayapur Cement Industries from the fiscal year 2074/075 until the end of Poush 2077. A case was filed against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059, alleging that he, in collusion with other defendants, caused a loss of 465,274,426.26 rupees to public property with malicious intent.

During his statement before the court, Sah denied the allegations against him. He claimed that the cost price of the clinker appeared higher and that the discrepancies found during physical verification had already been reconciled. He argued that he had not committed any corruption, stating that the quantity appeared inflated because the losses occurring in "outside clinker" were not accounted for.