His supporters and well-wishers had gathered outside the district police office since this morning to welcome him.
A joint bench of acting Chief Judge Dilliraj Acharya and Judge Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini overturned the verdict of the Nawalpur District Court and held that the evidence presented in the court was insufficient to prove the charge against Shah. Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced Shah to two-and-half-years in jail and slapped a fine of Rs 25, 000 for sexually abusing a minor girl. Shah has already got a clean chit from the Tanahun District Court. Actor Shah had surrendered himself at the District Police Office, Tanahun on February 27 after a minor singer filed a rape case against him. Shah was sent to custody for seven days for the first time on February 27 and the remand was extended by 12 days on March 5 for the second time for investigation. Based on the complaint filed by a 17-year-old singer, the District Attorney’s Office had filed a case against Shah at Tanahun District Court seeking 14 years of imprisonment. Later, the issue took a twist after the minor singer, who had filed a complaint accusing Shah of raping her, changed her statement at the Tanahun District Court. The girl said that she had not been raped as claimed by her earlier. She said that the information she stated while filing the complaint was false.
