Sandeep Lamichhane has filed an appeal with the Patan High Court to overturn the judgment rendered by the Kathmandu District Court in a rape case. Accompanied by his legal team, Lamichhane appeared before the High Court on Thursday to initiate the appeal process. His legal representative, advocate Saroj Krishna Ghimire, confirmed that Lamichhane is seeking […]
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A 56-year-old male has been arrested on the charge of raping a girl living with a physical disability in Letang Municipality-9 of Morang. Sharan Bahadur Rai of Letang-3 was arrested after a complaint was filed against him for raping a 19-year-old girl. According to the spokesperson of Morang Police, DSP Deepak Shrestha, the police arrested
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The latest report by Nepal Police paints Nepal’s grim reality of increasing rape cases as an average of seven women and girls were raped in the last fiscal year. As per the report, mostly of the rapists were acquaintances, neighbors, relatives or trusted persons of the survivors. As many as 2,534 cases of rape were
Two rape cases of Dalit women have been reported in Debahigonahi Municipality, Rautahat in the past two weeks. 40-year-old Rakesh Raut Kurmi of the same municipality raped a 30-year-old woman while she was sleeping in her house. The victim said that the accused had raped her by threatening her with a sharp weapon on the
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The Patan High Court has sentenced journalist Kedar Koirala to five years and three months in prison for rape and ordered to pay Rs 1 million compensation to the survivor. A bench of Justices Achyut Bista and Nawaraj Thapaliya on April 25 had found Koirala guilty of repeatedly raping a teenager, who was a domestic
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The government has introduced an ordinance that paves the way to prosecute those who try to settle rape cases outside the court under criminal offense. A cabinet meeting on Sunday recommended the ordinance to be signed and approved by the president. According to sources, the ordinance has termed all kinds of out-of-court settlements of rape
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Former Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Khiuju, who had taken a voluntary retirement from Nepal Police, has been arrested on the charge of rape. The Metropolitan Police Range, Jawalakhel arrested Khiuju from Bhaktapur. Lalitpur Police Chief SSP Tek Prasad Rai informed that detailed investigation into the case is underway. Khiuju has been kept in custody
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Former Deputy Speaker Dr Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe has been appointed the Minister for Law and Justice. A press release issued by the Office of the President stated that Dr Tumbahangphe was appointed to the post as recommended by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Dr Tumbahangphe is scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy as
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The Biratnagar High Court yesterday gave order to keep the self-styled godman Krishna Das Giri aka Siddhababa in police custody, but Giri managed to flee to India. A joint bench of Chief Justice Til Prasad Shrestha and advocate Prem Raj Karki yesterday ordered to send Giri in judicial custody for further investigation into the rape
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