A special court has sought a bail of Rs 500,000 from Sangita Kaushal Mishra, former Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Population.

The special court on Wednesday sought a bail of Rs 500,000 against Mishra in a case filed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on charges of irregularities in the procurement of health equipment. On 1 Kartik 2082, the CIAA had filed a corruption case against Mishra and 14 others in the special court with a demand of Rs 146,85,500. After closed arguments in the case, the bench of special judges Narayan Poudel, Dilliratna Shrestha and Bidur Koirala sought bail, showing the culprits guilty on the basis of the evidence immediately received.

The court released Mishra on Wednesday after paying the bail demanded. She appeared in court on Wednesday morning.

The CIAA had filed a case against Dr. Mishra, the then Director of the Management Division, Dr. Shravan Kumar Thapa, Chief of the Supply Management Branch, Surendra Kumar Chaurasia, and Director of the Department, Dr. Bibe Kumar Lal. The then Chief Controller of Accounts Bhuwan Prasad Kafle, the department's legal officer Sita Ghimire, senior public health officer Deepak Adhikari, the then branch officer Yadav Prasad Sapkota, the then accounts officer Shambhu Prasad Dhakal, accountant Tilakram Dhakal, biomedical engineer Ashish Chauhan, the then biomedical engineer of the department Padma Mishra, the public health inspector of the department's central store Pathlaiya Bara Sanjay Kumar Shah and the head of the supply company Maxim Incorporation Traders Pvt. Ltd. Sundar Bhusal were also made defendants in the case.