The Supreme Court has ordered to present original files of a money laundering case from Special Court while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed for UML leader and former Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel.
On Tuesday, a joint bench of judges Tek Prasad Dhungana and Meghraj Pokharel ordered to fetch all the files of the ongoing money laundering case against Sulav Agrawal and Deepak Bhatt. Senior advocate Ishwar Bhattarai shared this information after the hearing.
Reason Behind Seeking the Files
Supreme Court asked for the main case documents because authority is currently investigating Poudel to file a supplementary charge sheet in the same money laundering case. Poudel’s lawyers argued in court that their client did not commit any offense in the main case. Following these arguments, court decided to review the original file and scheduled the next hearing for coming Thursday.
Details of the Detention and Writ
Poudel’s wife, Domaya Poudel, had filed the habeas corpus writ in Supreme Court on Asar 10. She claimed that her husband was kept in illegal detention and demanded his immediate release. Before this, on Asar 11, a bench of Judge Shreekant Poudel did initial hearing and asked the opponents to submit written reasons on why court should not issue the order.
The Department of Money Laundering Investigation had arrested Bishnu Prasad Poudel from Surkhet on Asar 8. He is currently being investigated for money laundering charges. On Monday, Special Court in Kathmandu gave permission to keep him in custody till Asar 17 for further investigation. He is now in judicial custody.
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