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KATHMANDU, June 16: The hearing on the writ petition filed against the arrest warrant issued for journalist Dil Bhusan Pathak has concluded. The petition was filed at the Patan High Court challenging the planned arrest of Pathak under the Electronic Transactions Act.
The hearing was conducted today by the bench of Justice Rishi Raj Bhandari.
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The arrest warrant was issued following a complaint by Jaiveer Deuba, son of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. The complaint, lodged at the Cyber Bureau, alleged that an unverified news report about his share purchase in Hilton Hotel was broadcast on Pathak’s YouTube channel.
In response, the police obtained permission from the Kathmandu District Court to arrest Pathak under Section 47 of the Electronic Transactions Act.
A petition was filed at the Patan High Court on behalf of Pathak against the arrest. The hearing on the petition has been completed, but the court order is still pending. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal Police Headquarters, and the Cyber Bureau have been named as defendants in the petition.
