Hearing the petition of Ahiraj, who is in custody on rape charges, the Supreme Court has requested files from the district and high courts, bringing a new twist to the case.
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The Supreme Court has ordered the withdrawal of the case file on the petition of former Madhesh Province Chief Rajesh Ahiraj, who is in custody on charges of rape.
A bench of Justices Kumar Regmi and Shrikant Poudel heard Ahiraj's petition on Friday and sought the files of the district and high courts. The Kathmandu District Court had sent him to remand for trial. He had initially approached the Patan High Court against this.
He had filed 73 petitions on 23 Kartik demanding his release.
The high court had upheld the district court's order to send Rajesh Jha alias Ahiraj to remand for trial on 12 Bhadra 2082. A bench of Patan High Court Chief Justice Lal Bahadur Kunwar and Khadanand Tiwari had upheld the district court's order to send him to remand. He has approached the Supreme Court against the district and high court's orders.
A bench of Kathmandu District Court Judge Pitambar Sharma had issued an order to send him to remand for trial on 14 Shrawan. He was then sent to Dillibazaar Jail. After being sent to remand by the district, Ahiraj approached the high court with a petition of Berit. A woman had filed a rape case against him.
