Defending the decision of the Attorney General's Office, RSP Secretariat member Gautam said that Lamichhane, Joshi, and Rai were not acquitted.
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Sobita Gautam, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) secretariat, has said that the Attorney General's Office has corrected the vindictive prosecution filed by the previous government against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President and former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.
Attorney General Savita Bhandari on Friday decided to acquit 50 people, including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Ravi Lamichhane, Chhabilal Joshi and GB Rai, in money laundering and organized crime cases pending in various courts.
Defending the decision of the Attorney General's Office on social media, RSP Secretariat member Gautam wrote on Saturday that Lamichhane, Joshi and Rai were not acquitted. 'The Attorney General's Office has amended the indictment and corrected the directive and vindictive prosecution of the previous government. However, it is wrong to promote this as if the crime has been acquitted,' she wrote. 'The original indictment remains the same, only the excessive charges that obstructed justice have been removed.'
According to Gautam, the Attorney General's decision has opened a legal path for cooperative victims to get their money back through a settlement agreement, and it has also created the possibility of the victim and the accused sitting at the same table and finding a solution.
Gautam argues that it is fair to first return the money to the victim in cooperative fraud and then proceed with the punishment process. 'Imprisonment may temporarily calm the anger, but only the return of the money provides real justice. It was not right to deprive the victim of justice by imprisoning someone for the satisfaction of the then government seeking revenge. Whatever happened was fair,' she said.
