The debate took place in the bench of Butwal High Court Judges Vasudev Acharya and Om Prasad Aryal.
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An order has been issued to seek preliminary injunction in the case of Rastriya Swatantra Party President Ravi Lamichhane and then Gorkha Media owner Chhabilal Joshi, who are in custody on charges of fraud and organized crime involving the Supreme Cooperative Society of Butwal.
The court's information officer Ram Bahadur Kunwar said that the bench of Justices Basudev Acharya and Om Prasad Aryal of the Tulsipur High Court Butwal bench had ordered the initial file to be submitted. Earlier, the hearing scheduled for Kartik 13 was postponed after Joshi's legal practitioner filed an application. Earlier, the bench of Justices Milan Kumar Rai and Om Prasad Aryal had ordered the case of Lamichhane and Joshi to be kept together as they were of the same nature.
Mahendra Pandey, Baburam Pandey and Apoorva Khatiwada, among others, argued on behalf of Lamichhane in Thursday's debate.
When Lamichhane demanded to pay the amount as per the amount and fight the case outside the jail, the high court had ordered Joshi's file to be submitted along with him.
Earlier, the Butwal High Court had ordered the request for a statement of defence report in the Lamichhane case. Despite the arson and vandalism at the Tulsipur Butwal bench of the High Court during the Gen-G protest, the case files of both Lamichhane and Joshi survived. Lamichhane, who was remanded in custody in the Supreme Cooperative Fraud case in Butwal, had filed a petition in the High Court on Bhadra 9 after the Rupandehi District Court did not release him even after he paid the amount of his share of the embezzlement in the cooperative. Earlier, he had filed a petition in the District Court seeking to be released from the cooperative fraud case by paying his share. The bench of District Court Judge Narayan Sapkota had rejected his release after hearing his petition on Sharan 26.
A charge sheet has been filed against the defendants including Ravi in the Supreme Cooperative Fraud case in Butwal by fixing a collective amount of Rs 109.936 million. However, Lamichhane had submitted a document stating that he had paid one of the four parts of his share. Lamichhane had submitted a bank guarantee of Rs 27.484 crore with the application.
Like Lamichhane, Joshi had also submitted a guarantee for the same amount of damages. However, in the case of both the defendants, the same order was made that they should not be released since it was not certain how much damages would be awarded to them.
Both Lamichhane and Joshi are in jail pending trial. Lamichhane, who is in Bhairahawa jail, has been transferred to Nakhkhu jail in Lalitpur, while Joshi is in Bhairahawa jail.
