KATHMANDU, Oct 6: The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the release of medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai on Rs 200,000 bail in a cybercrime case.
A bench of Judge Umesh Prasad Luitel issued the order while hearing a case filed against Prasai under the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008.
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The case was filed at the Kathmandu District Court following an investigation into alleged offenses under the law.
Earlier, Prasai’s wife, Uma Prasai, had filed a habeas corpus petition at the Supreme Court, claiming that he was being held unlawfully. During the hearing, the Supreme Court had ordered the authorities to produce the original files related to the investigation and extension of his detention.
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