Supreme Court Orders Release of Shekhar Golchha on Bail

April 21, Kathmandu – The Supreme Court has ordered that businessman Shekhar Golchha be released on bail. The court issued the directive while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Golchha’s wife, Seema Golchha, stating that he should only be kept in custody if bail or bond cannot be granted.
The bench of Justices Mahesh Sharma Paudel and Shrikant Paudel ruled that since there were grounds for releasing him on bail, the police’s act of detaining him without permission from the investigation officer was unlawful and hence invalid. Shekhar Golchha was arrested on April 11. The Central Investigation Bureau apprehended him following further investigations based on a probe report by the Nepal Securities Board.