Sandeep acquitted

Patan High Court Spokesperson Tirtharaj Bhattarai said that the District Court's decision was overturned on the grounds that 'evidence was insufficient'. said, "The judge's bench has reversed the order of the district court saying that there is no evidence against Sandeep. It has decided that Sandeep is innocent. The district court of Kathmandu found Sandeep guilty in the extortion case on December 25 and sentenced him to 8 years in prison and a fine of 500,000. Judge Shishirraj Dhakal's bench held that 'Sandeep raped Gaushala-26 (victim) by taking advantage of her poor financial condition'. Sandeep went to Patan High Court against the verdict.

Assistant District Attorney Sur Pariyar, who fought the case in District Court Kathmandu in favor of Gaushala-26, expressed his displeasure that there was no written order on the basis of which the judgment was overturned. ,' he said, 'this is a matter of public interest. However, the decision to overturn the 93-page comprehensive judgment of the District Court was read out by the High Court.

Similarly, Attorney General's Office spokesperson Suryraj Dahal said that since the verdict was not made public, it remains to be understood on what facts and grounds the verdict was overturned. If the High Court has decided on a case with a sentence of less than 10 years, there is a legal provision to apply for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

After the decision of the High Court, the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) has released Sandeep's suspension. After the release of the can, there is a possibility that Sandeep will be able to play the Twenty-20 World Cup, which is going to be held in America and West Indies from June 1. If the ICC agrees to the request of Can, who has already been suspended, he will be allowed to play in the World Cup. After being found guilty in the rape case by the Kathmandu district court, Can had suspended Sandeep four months ago so that he could not play in any domestic or international competition.

CAN President Chatur Bahadur Chand issued a statement on Wednesday after the decision of the High Court and informed that the suspension of Sandeep has been lifted. "According to the judgment of the Hon'ble High Court of Patan on June 2, we inform you that the suspension of Nepali national cricket team player Sandeep from all types of domestic and international cricket activities has been lifted as the verdict was found to be innocent in the rape case," the statement said.

Along with this, efforts to bring Sandeep to America for Twenty-20 World Cup cricket have started, said the manager of the Nepali team, Pradeep Mazgainya. We have informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) about this. A lot of things will be decided by tomorrow," Mazgainya, who is in St. Vincent in the West Indies, told Kantipur, "We have not submitted the list of alternate players to the ICC. Therefore, there are places that can be changed in the Nepali team.'

The Nepali team will reach Houston, USA for further practice from St. Vincent on May 19, and will be under the control of ICC by reaching Dallas on May 25. He stated that Sandeep is an essential player for the team and said that efforts are being made to bring him from the side of CAN and Nepali team management. The Nepali cricket team is currently there on the pre-World Cup course. Nepal is playing its first World Cup match against the Netherlands on June 4 in Dallas.