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The Tulsipur, Butwal Bench of the High Court has concluded that it is not appropriate to release Ravi Lamichhane on bail for the preliminary hearing of the case in order to preserve public confidence in the justice system in a sensitive situation where thousands of ordinary people who have saved in cooperatives are suffering.
It is written in the order of the High Court, 'This defendant, who claimed that he was not responsible for the money received from the cooperative organization to Gorkha Media, was found to have paid 400,000,000 to Supreme Savings Cooperative through a check signed on January 6, 2022, from Gorkha Media to the account of the cooperative organization Gorkha Media Network Pvt Ltd at Global IME Bank.'
The court has also concluded that further investigation is still pending in the cooperative fraud case. The order of the court said, 'There is a situation where the demand for additional punishment has been claimed, in the context of the nature of the alleged crime, although various written evidences have been collected during the investigation, the bank statements of the people including accountant Sanjay Adhikari, assistant accountant Rajni Shrestha, auditor special Vibhu Acharya, who documented the incident, are yet to be filed, the stage of understanding the evidence has not been completed, and thousands of common people who collect cooperative society funds are suffering in a sensitive situation. The conclusion of this bench is that it is not appropriate to release the defendant on bail for the trial of the case, even for safety.
