Kathmandu:
The Patan High Court has granted bail to medical entrepreneur and political activist Durga Prasai in two separate cases involving banking offenses and incitement of violence.
A division bench granted Prasai bail of Rs 2.5 million in a banking offense case, while a separate bench ordered his release on Rs 300,000 bail in connection with a violent pro-monarchy protest in Kathmandu on March 28.
The court also granted bail to three co-defendants: Sushil Baral (Rs 50,000), Dandapani Regmi (Rs 10,000), and Tara Rajawadi alias Saroj Gautam (Rs 50,000). All four had appealed a previous order by the Kathmandu District Court that had remanded them in custody.
Prasai faces multiple charges including sedition, attempted murder, arson, vandalism, and organized crime. He had fled to India following the March protest but was arrested and returned to Nepal in April.