KATHMANDU: Nepal’s high courtroom on Thursday launched cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane on bail after he was accused of raping a minor within the Himalayan nation, officers stated.
On September 8, a courtroom in Nepal issued an arrest warrant for the nationwide cricket crew captain Lamichhane after a 17-year-old lady alleged that he raped her in a lodge room in Kathmandu, police had stated.
The Patan High Court ordered launch of Lamichhane with the bail of Rs 2 million, based on the courtroom sources.
In October, Lamichhane was taken into custody.
A joint bench of judges Dhruvaraj Nanda and Ramesh Dhakal determined to launch the previous IPL star on bail of Rs 2 million, reversing the choice of the Kathmandu district courtroom.
A minor, had registered a grievance towards Lamichhane on September 5 on the police saying that she was raped by the cricket star and Lamichhane was subsequently despatched to custody for investigation as per the district courtroom verdict.
In October, Lamichhane wrote on Facebook that he would “fully cooperate in all stages of the investigation and will fight a legal battle to prove my innocence”, earlier than being arrested.
However, Lamichhane has been barred from leaving the nation till the ultimate verdict of the courtroom within the case.
Lamichhane is Nepal’s most high-profile cricketer, and the primary cricketer from Nepal to play within the Indian Premier League (IPL), when he made his debut for the Delhi Capitals franchise in 2018.
A wily leg-spinner, armed with a vicious googly, he was a a lot sought-after cricketer in different big-ticket T20 leagues world wide, together with the Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the CPL.
The prodigiously gifted cricketer holds the document for the world’s second-fastest bowler to seize 50 ODI wickets and the third-fastest to race to 50 T20I wickets.
Lamichhane’s final worldwide look got here in August this yr, when he performed towards Kenya in a T20I encounter.
On September 8, a courtroom in Nepal issued an arrest warrant for the nationwide cricket crew captain Lamichhane after a 17-year-old lady alleged that he raped her in a lodge room in Kathmandu, police had stated.
The Patan High Court ordered launch of Lamichhane with the bail of Rs 2 million, based on the courtroom sources.
In October, Lamichhane was taken into custody.
A joint bench of judges Dhruvaraj Nanda and Ramesh Dhakal determined to launch the previous IPL star on bail of Rs 2 million, reversing the choice of the Kathmandu district courtroom.
A minor, had registered a grievance towards Lamichhane on September 5 on the police saying that she was raped by the cricket star and Lamichhane was subsequently despatched to custody for investigation as per the district courtroom verdict.
In October, Lamichhane wrote on Facebook that he would “fully cooperate in all stages of the investigation and will fight a legal battle to prove my innocence”, earlier than being arrested.
However, Lamichhane has been barred from leaving the nation till the ultimate verdict of the courtroom within the case.
Lamichhane is Nepal’s most high-profile cricketer, and the primary cricketer from Nepal to play within the Indian Premier League (IPL), when he made his debut for the Delhi Capitals franchise in 2018.
A wily leg-spinner, armed with a vicious googly, he was a a lot sought-after cricketer in different big-ticket T20 leagues world wide, together with the Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the CPL.
The prodigiously gifted cricketer holds the document for the world’s second-fastest bowler to seize 50 ODI wickets and the third-fastest to race to 50 T20I wickets.
Lamichhane’s final worldwide look got here in August this yr, when he performed towards Kenya in a T20I encounter.