In big irregularities, organized crime, criminal cases, people with 'access to power' and financial status are easily released from jail by paying lakhs and crores of bail, but many ordinary people have been in jail for months because they could not even pay a bail of 5-10 thousand rupees. Due to their poor financial status, they have been incarcerated in jails in different districts for not being able to pay 5, 10, 20 or 30 thousand.

35-year-old Santosh Pandey of Rautahat Moulapur Municipality-1 Maryadapur has been living in Gaur Jail for 8 months. Pandey, who was arrested for stealing money from his neighbor, is in jail after failing to pay 30,000 bail. 

On the night of last June 29, Santosh was arrested for stealing the mobile phone and 10,000 cash belonging to the neighbor Havaldar Shah Sonar. After the police investigation, on June 20, when the District Public Prosecutor's Office submitted to the court, a bail of 30,000 was demanded from him for the crime of theft. However, police inspector Umashankar Gupta said that Pandey was sent to jail after failing to pay the bail. 

Relatives say that there is no one to pay the bail amount for his poor financial situation. After the death of his father, Santosh went to Malaysia in August 2064 through an agent in Kathmandu after taking a loan of 4 lakhs from a relative in the village. Out of that amount, he left one lakh at home and gave the rest to an agent and went for employment. Sold 12 acres of land to pay off debt. 

Mother Babunidevi told that there are no more than 5 Dhur Ghaderi in the name of Jagga. "The land loan was paid, now I don't have money to get my son out of jail," she said, "Time has caused a lot of trouble, now there is no option but to get out after serving the sentence."

Santosh has 3 sons and a daughter. After her son was jailed, mother Babuni left the village and took refuge with her relatives in Chandranigahpur. Santosh's wife Chanchal Devi is in Maiti in Sarlahi. The Pandey family has been divided due to failure to pay the usual bond.

45-year-old Lalbabu Rai Yadav of Rural Municipality-4 Saruatha in Yamunai has been in Gaur Jail for two months for not being able to pay the bail. Yadav, who was arrested on 22nd of Mansir 2081 on the charge of stealing and transporting illegal Golia wood, is forced to stay in jail because he could not pay the bail of 40,875 rupees set by the Divisional Forest Office, Chandranigahpur. He, who is in prison, said, 'I am a poor man's son. Due to poor financial condition, I could not even pay the bail, now I will leave after serving the prison sentence.' 

Rajpur Municipality-9 Subas Sah of Bariyarpur village has been in Gaur Jail since 22nd of November 2081 as he failed to pay 10,000 bail in the case of indecent behavior. His father Ramkumar Shah did not want to talk about his son. "Don't talk about my son, now the bail money will come out after serving the prison sentence," he said. There are currently 6 people in Rautahat Jail who are not able to pay the normal bail. Pankaj Sah of Madhavnarayan Municipality-8 Rajwada has been in jail since August 18, 2081 after failing to pay the 30,000 bond set by the court in the theft case. Dhirendra Yadav of Garuda Municipality-6 has been in jail since October 8 because he could not pay 20,000 bail in a drug case. 

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Sushil Rai of Saptakoshi Municipality-1 in Saptari has been in Rajviraj Jail for seven months because he could not pay Rs 5,000 bail in the case of indecent behavior. As per the order of the district administration dated 23rd July 2081, he was sent to jail on the same day as he could not pay the bail. Ramanbabu Karna's complaint in the case in which the Nepal government is the plaintiff, Rai has been living in prison since July 23, 2081 after failing to pay the bail of 5,000. In this case, Jeevan Tamang, along with Rai, was released after four days after paying a bond of 5,000, according to the Saptari prison.

Shiv Narayan Das alias Shivkumar Das of Mahdeva rural municipality-2 in Saptari has been in jail since January 14 because he could not pay 10,000 bail. On 14 January 2081, the district administration set a bond of 10,000 to him in the indecent behavior case. "That the case should be decided and the order of release should be given or the bond should be given," said Praveen Adhikari, Acting Chief of Saptari Prison. According to him, a person who was in jail after failing to pay a bail of 4,000 was released a few days ago after paying the amount. He said that 16 people are sitting in Saptari jail without paying the bail. 

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Two 39-year-old and 55-year-old men have been in Damauli jail for a month as they failed to pay the bail of 5,000 and 8,000 rupees set by the district administration Tanahun. A 25-year-old youth has been incarcerated in Damauli jail for almost 4 months after failing to pay 20,000 bail. According to Narayan Adhikari, Head of Damauli Prison Office, he was ordered to pay Rs 20,000 bail by the Tanahun Court in the theft case. 

Likewise, the 28-year-old and 18-year-old youth have been incarcerated for 2 and 4 months respectively after failing to pay the bail amount set by the court. Officials said that the bail amount of those who have filed the indecent behavior case is Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively. 11 people are in jail for not paying the bail amount. According to him, those who were imprisoned because they could not pay the bail amount of Rs 5,000, 8, 15, 20, 25, 30,000 are here. He said that the bail amount of 4 persons is above 50 thousand rupees. The chief officer of the office said that he had to stay in jail because he could not pay the bail of 5/10 thousand rupees due to his poor financial condition.

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A young man accused of indecent behavior in Kavre Jail has been serving prison sentence since January 20. He could not be released from prison because he could not post the bond of 5 thousand 905 rupees set by the court. Similarly, since 28 November 2081, another young man has not been released from prison because he could not pay a bail of 10,000 rupees in a theft case. Another young man is also in jail since November 6, 2081 because he could not pay the court's 10,000 bail in the criminal nuisance case.

Another young man who was fined 20,000 by the court in the indecent behavior case is also living in prison since October 10, 2081. Chief of Jail Office Kavre Jeevan Niraula said that among the prisoners in various cases who could not pay the amount fixed by the court, there are 6 people whose amount is less than 50,000. 

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Quarrel with brother, unable to pay bail, in jail for two months 

36-year-old Balaram Wali of Salyan Bagchaur Municipality-7 Sayanopokhara had a fight with his 43-year-old brother Bhagiram Wali in a domestic dispute on November 21. On the same day, Bhagiram filed a case against his brother in the murder industry. Balaram was taken into custody by the police while he was sleeping around 7 pm. On December 9, the court decided to release him on a bail of 40,000, but Balaram has been in jail for almost two months because he could not pay the amount.

He has been serving prison sentence until now because his financial condition is weak and his relatives did not support him financially. If he had paid 40,000 bail, he would have been allowed to sit out and fight the case. Balaram complains that his brother is planning to put him in jail by making a big family matter. His father Lok Bahadur is living in India. I have been supporting my wife and two children by working as a laborer, I have neither a separate house nor land. Everything that happened is in the name of Babu Lok Bahadur Wali," Balaram said, "If I had got a share, I would have paid the bond even if it was by selling the land.

The relatives refused to help after the brother-in-law filed the case.'

He said that the family members did not help him, and he could not even pay the lawyer's fees because he had to cover the expenses including food with the 80 rupees he received from serving the sentence in prison. He said that after a fight with his brother on November 21, when he was sleeping at home after drinking alcohol, the police came and immediately took him into custody, so he could not even call anyone. Balaram's wife Belmati said, "No one who is in contact has come, there is no money for household expenses, how can I pay 40,000?,'' he said, 'everywhere, it is the same day and night, who will help the poor like us?' She said that when she asked all the neighbors and relatives, no one agreed to give money even with interest. 

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Friend released after paying bail, not 20,000 but in jail

Sanju Damai of Bhimdatta Municipality-18 in Kanchanpur had an argument with his friend while eating in the Mahendranagar market in the evening. A few days later, a case was filed against him and three others for indecent behavior. On January 10, the district court ordered the release of the three people on bail. Others went home after paying the bail. "I couldn't raise the money," he said, "other friends paid the bail and went home."

Damai's father is gone. Mother works at home. Now Damai's mother is scrambling for money to pay the bail. He plans to post bail in a few days and come out of jail. He has been in jail for 18 days after not being able to raise 20,000. There are 4 people in Kanchanpur Jail who have less than 20,000 bail. Ram Dutt Joshi, Acting Administrator of Kanchanpur Jail, said that 3 of them were indecent behavior and one was a theft case. 

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Sushan Shrestha aka Rajesh of Hetaunda-8 Kamena has been in jail since October 8 because he could not pay 20,000 bail in the theft case. Jailer Tirtharaj Paudel of the jail in Bhimfedi informed that since November 4, Mangale Vick Ranji from Okhaldhunga was not able to pay the bail of 10,000 rupees. According to him, Manish Lama and Sohit, also known as Sohit, have been living in prison since December 1 because they could not pay a bail of 20,000 rupees in the Thing theft case. 

21 people from various cases in Bhimfedi prison have not been released from prison because they could not pay the bail set by the court. Lawyer Dilip Koirala says that the law considers it the right of the accused to be released on bail in crimes that are punishable by less than three years.