The case will be heard in Bench No. 4 of Judges Om Prakash Aryal and Tej Narayan Poudel.
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The hearing of 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 against the Supreme Cooperative Society of Butwal, is scheduled to be held today at the Butwal bench of the Tulsipur High Court.
The hearing is scheduled to be held in bench number 4 of Justice Om Prakash Aryal and Tej Narayan Poudel.
Earlier, the bench of Justice Milan Kumar Rai and Om Prakash Aryal had ordered to keep both cases of Lamichhane and Chhabi together as they were of the same nature.
When Lamichhane demanded to pay the amount as per the amount and fight the case outside the jail, the High Court had ordered to submit the file of Chhabilal Joshi along with Ravi. Earlier, the High Court Butwal had ordered to seek a plea report in Lamichhane's case.
The High Court's Information Officer Ram Bahadur Kunwar said that the order could come today after the government lawyer and Lamichhane's legal practitioner argued. Despite the arson and vandalism in the Tulsipur Butwal bench of the High Court during the Gen-G protest, the case files of both Lamichhane and Joshi remained intact.
Lamichhane, who is in custody for trial 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 demanding his release from the cooperative fraud case by paying the amount of 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, setting a collective amount of Rs 109.936 million. However, Lamichhane had submitted documents stating that he had paid one part of the four parts of the amount. Lamichhane had submitted a bank guarantee of Rs 27.484 million with the application.
Like Lamichhane, Joshi had also submitted a guarantee for the same amount. However, in the case of both the defendants, the same order was made that they should not be released as it was not certain how much compensation would be awarded to them.
Both Lamichhane and Joshi are in jail awaiting trial. Lamichhane, who is in Bhairahawa Prison, has been transferred to Nakkhu Prison in Lalitpur, while Joshi is in Bhairahawa Prison.
