The Tanahun District Court sent actor Paul Shah to judicial custody on a rape charge on Thursday.

A single bench of Tanahun District Court Judge Harish Chandra Dhungana issued the order to send Shah to judicial custody for further investigation.

Based on the complaint filed by a minor singer, the District Attorney’s Office had filed a case against Shah at Tanahun District Court on Tuesday seeking 14 years of imprisonment.

Twelve lawyers argued on behalf of Shah while seven on behalf of the victim.

The 32-year-old actor turned himself in at the District Police Office in Tanahun on February 27 after singer Samikshya Adhikari (17) had filed a rape against Shah accusing him of raping her.

She had also filed another case at the District Police Office in East Nawalparasi against him.