A case has been fixed in the Supreme Court today to hear the case of Charles Sobhraj, who is lodged in the Jagannath Deval Jail. A joint bench of Justices Bam Kumar Shrestha and Nahakul Subedi is scheduled to hear the case.
Sobhraj had filed a writ petition on Poush 7 seeking release on the basis of age. Earlier, a single bench of Anil Kumar Sinha had issued a show cause order in the name of the government while conducting a preliminary hearing on the writ petition.
There is a legal provision that up to 75 percent imprisonment can be given to a prisoner who has reached the age of 70 if he behaves well. Sobhraj has demanded that it should be applied not only to Nepalis but also to foreign nationals.
By Muna Chand
