Former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has been released on bail.
Khand, who was apprehended in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, was released after posting a bail of Rs 3 million set by the Patan High Court.
A single bench of Judge Krishna Ram Koirala on Thursday issued an order to release Khand on bail.
After the Kathmandu District Court issued an order to send 16 individuals including former Home Minister Khand to the prison in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, they filed an appeal at the high court on August 1, 2023.
Hearing the same petition, the Patan High Court on December 1 issued an order to keep the then Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, former minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Indrajit Rai, security advisor of the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Angtawa Sherpa, Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Sagar Rai, Govinda Kumar Chaudhary aka Bikram and Sandesh Sharma in custody.
Similarly, the court issued an order to release Teknath Rijal on a bail of Rs 1.5 million, Sandeep Rayamajhi on a bail of Rs 3 million and Narendra KC on a bail of Rs 1 million.
The high court also issued an order to release Hari Bhakta Maharjan, Laxmi Maharjan, Shumsher Miya, Ashish Budhathoki, Tek Gurung, Ram Sharan KC and Keshav Tuladhar on bail.
