In the Supreme Cooperative fraud case in Butwal, the ongoing debate in Ruppandehi District Court has ended. On Sunday, senior advocate Raman Shrestha, Anita Raut, Pashupati Bhandari and other lawyers debated the defense of Ravi Lamichhane, chairman of RSVP and former managing director of Gorkha Media Network, who was accused of cooperative fraud and organized crime.
After their argument, Raman Kumar Karna on behalf of Jaherwala and District Attorney Premraj Paudel on behalf of the public prosecutor argued.
A case was registered in Rupandehi District Court on January 6, with 22 people including Ravi as defendants. He appeared in the district court on Wednesday for his reply. After the case was heard in the bench of District Court Judge Prahlad Kumar Yogi, he gave a statement on the same day and was living in the custody of his family and lawyer.
Lawyers from the High and District Public Prosecutor's Office debated on Thursday in the courtroom of Judge Yogi, and on Friday, the prosecution's lawyer and the defendant's lawyer argued. After the debate was not completed on Friday, the case was put on hold for Sunday. Since Wednesday, Lamichhane has been staying at the hotel and regularly appearing in the court and defending the case.
After the arguments on both sides, Judge Yogi is preparing the order. Yagya Murthy Gyawali said that he can order today whether to send him to prison for pre-trial detention, to take bail or to release him on a normal date. "The debate is over, the order will be issued today," he said. Additional cases have been registered against 22 people including Lamichhane with more than 55 million 59 million bigos. In the case, Lamichhane, Chabilal Joshi and Laxmi Prasad Paudel have been separately demanded 10 million 99 million and Ravi's personal 2 million bigo.
Lamichhane, who was arrested on November 2 in connection with the investigation of Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud in Pokhara, was released by the Kaski District Court on January 25 on a bond of 6.5 million and on Jan.
