Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal of Judge Bhuwan Giri in Marital Rape Case

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has acquitted Judge Bhuwan Giri of the Darcula District Court in a marital rape case. The decision upheld the verdict of the High Court Patan by a bench of Judges Binod Sharma and Balkrishna Dhakal. On Chaitra 31, 2081, the High Court Patan had acquitted Judge Giri in the rape case filed by his ex-wife Aarti Rawal Giri. Earlier, a joint bench of High Court Patan Judges Lalbabu Kunwar and Dilliratna Shrestha had acquitted Giri. After Giri was acquitted, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court against it. Giri was arrested after his wife accused him of marital rape. Giri, who was sent to jail by order of the Kathmandu District Court, was reinstated as a judge after the High Court Patan acquitted him in the rape case. 

Judge Bhuwan Giri of Darcula District Court was acquitted in a marital rape case by the Supreme Court. The decision upheld the verdict of the High Court Patan by a bench of Judges Binod Sharma and Balkrishna Dhakal. On Chaitra 31, 2081, the High Court Patan had acquitted Judge Giri in the rape case filed by his ex-wife Aarti Rawal Giri. Earlier, a joint bench of High Court Patan Judges Lalbabu Kunwar and Dilliratna Shrestha had acquitted Giri. After Giri was acquitted, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court against it. Giri was arrested after his wife accused him of marital rape. Giri, who was sent to jail by order of the Kathmandu District Court, was reinstated as a judge after the High Court Patan acquitted him in the rape case.