Kathmandu, July 14: The Patan High Court has upheld the decision of the Kathmandu District Court to convict three members of the then Constituent Assembly for misuse of red passports and forgery.
A division bench of Judges Khadga Bahadur KC and Gopal Prasad Bastola on July 7 upheld the district court’s decision to convict CA members Gayatri Sah, Bishwanath Prasad Yadav and Shivapujan Raya Yadav.
According to Patan High Court Information Officer Govinda Prasad Koirala, the High Court has upheld the district court’s decision to sentence the three CA members to five months in prison and a fine of Rs 500 each.
The Kathmandu District Court had pronounced the decision in 2014. The three members of the first Constituent Assembly ( 2064) were found guilty of selling special diplomatic (red) passports they had received in their capacity to middlemen for financial gains.
The court also convicted Dil Bahadur Gharti, Gopal Baniya, Manoj Kumar Karki, Devendra Poudel and Santosh Raj Upreti of forging documents and sentenced them to one year in prison, along with a fine of Rs 554,000 each.
The Kathmandu District Court had also sentenced Prithvi Chantyal of Myagdi to one year in prison and a fine of Rs 500 for trying to travel to Australia using a fake passport, which was also upheld by the High Court.#nepal #rss
