A bench of Special Court President Sudarshan Dev Bhatt and Justices Hemant Rawal and Dilli Ratna Shrestha ordered his release on a bail of Rs 5 lakh.
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The special court has ordered the release of former minister and leader of the Nepali Communist Party Ranjita Shrestha on a bail of Rs 500,000 in the Pokhara litchi orchard corruption case.
The bench of special court chairman Sudarshan Dev Bhatt, judges Hemanta Rawal and Dilli Ratna Shrestha ordered her release on bail.
The bench of special court chairman Sudarshan Dev Bhatt and judges Dilli Ratna Shrestha and Vidur Koirala had ordered her to be remanded in custody for trial.
The then minister Gupta had filed a corruption case in the special court, alleging that he had taken a bribe of Rs 5.3 million from a real estate businessman in exchange for stopping the transfer of the chief officer of the Kaski-based Land Revenue Office and making him a member of the Land Commission.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority had accused Minister Gupta and former minister Ranjita Shrestha of abusing their positions and accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 million for providing work facilities in collusion.
