Kathmandu, Oct 10 : The District Court Kathmandu has granted permission to the police to keep the suspended captain of Nepali cricket team, Sandeep Lamichhane, in custody for a week.
The Court
extended the term till October 13. It will come into effect from October 6. Police
had produced Lamichhane before the Court today seeking extension of his custody
term. Advocate Shakti Pathak said that Lamichhane pleaded before Judge Dayaram
Dhakal during the term extension that he was innocent and was not involved in
the sexual assault on a minor.
Lamichhane
argued in the court that the woman who filed a complaint against him was 19
years old and not a minor. Lamichhane was taken to the Court seeking extension
of custody for the first time and he will be produced before the Court next on
October 13.
Lamichhane is
currently kept in judicial custody after a complaint was filed against him on
the charge of raping a minor girl.
Police arrested
Lamichhane from the international airport on October 6. He is produced before
the Court today seeking custody extension after the Courts opened from today
following the Dashain holiday. (RSS)