Former Land Revenue Official Convicted in Multiple Corruption Cases Faces Supreme Court Hearing

Kathmandu. The case of Madan Kumar Gupta, a former non-gazetted officer (Nasu) at the Bara Land Revenue Office, who was convicted in 6 out of 7 corruption cases, has been scheduled for hearing at the Supreme Court. The joint bench of Justices Sharanga Subedi and Balkrishna Dhakal has scheduled the hearing for Tuesday.

In May 2076 BS, when the corruption cases were filed, Gupta had already completed 29 years of government service. It was found that Gupta had amassed property worth 190 million rupees while receiving 2.8 million rupees over three decades, leading the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to file seven corruption cases against him.

Gupta was found guilty in six of the seven corruption cases filed against him, while he was acquitted in one. According to the seven charges filed by the CIAA, Gupta was found to have embezzled government revenue while working at the land revenue office. The CIAA filed the case after it was discovered that he had embezzled revenue by creating fake receipt pads for the land revenue office and banks.

He was accused of embezzling revenue in five cases, and destroying government documents in one case, while working in various land revenue offices. He faced a fifth case on charges of illegally acquiring property while in office.

After all the cases were filed, two more incidents of revenue leakage were discovered. The sixth and seventh cases against him were related to revenue leakage. He was acquitted in one case and found guilty in all other charges.

Gupta is currently in prison after the bench of former Special Court Chairman Teknarayan Kunwar and members Tejanarayan Singh Rai and Riteindra Thapa sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment in a corruption case.

In a revenue embezzlement case, the court had sentenced Madan Kumar Gupta and another accused, Nagendra Prasad Chaudhary, to 4 years imprisonment. Both were ordered to pay 4.754 million rupees and a fine double the amount, i.e., 9.508 million rupees, for embezzling revenue from the land revenue office.

On May 1, 2076 BS, the CIAA filed the first corruption case against Nasu Madan Gupta. Gupta, accused of embezzling 25 million rupees while working at the land revenue office, was found guilty by the Special Court.

In a case from 2069 BS, the Special Court had ordered him to pay 6.9 million rupees in restitution and a fine of 13.8 million rupees, and sentenced him to 6 years imprisonment.

On May 1, 2076 BS, a second case was filed against Gupta at the Special Court. He was accused of tampering with and destroying government documents. The CIAA filed the case after a group, including him, was found to have tampered with government documents. The Special Court sentenced him to an additional 9 months imprisonment and a fine of 25,000 rupees in that case.

A third corruption case was filed against Gupta on May 3, 2076 BS. The case alleged embezzlement of 45.8 million rupees while he was Nasu at the Simra Land Revenue Office in Bara. He was acquitted in this third case.

On November 2, 2076 BS, the CIAA filed a fourth case against Gupta. He was accused of causing a loss of 7.786 million rupees to the state coffer for embezzling funds while working at the Parsa Land Revenue Office. The Special Court imposed a fine of 10.055 million rupees and a sentence of 6 years imprisonment in that case.

On November 11, 2076 BS, a fifth case was filed against Madan Gupta on charges of illegally acquiring property. As he was found to be involved in one revenue leakage incident after another, the CIAA filed a corruption case demanding 148.1 million rupees in restitution.

In the fifth case filed by the CIAA, he was found to have illegally acquired 28.9 million rupees and was sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine.

On October 7, 2079 BS, a sixth case was filed against Gupta at the Special Court. Gupta was accused of embezzling 1.237 million rupees. The Special Court ordered Gupta to pay 618,000 rupees in restitution and a fine double the amount, i.e., 1.237 million rupees. He and two others were sentenced to one and a half years imprisonment.

On March 29, 2079 BS, a seventh corruption case was filed against Gupta. In the case where 9.5 million rupees was claimed as restitution, the Special Court ordered him to pay 4.754 million rupees in restitution and double the amount, i.e., 9.508 million rupees, as a fine, along with a sentence of 5 years imprisonment.