KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday decided to uphold the verdict of the erstwhile Patan Appellate Court convicting Member of Gandaki Provincial Assembly Rajiv Gurung, better known as Deepak Manange, of attempted murder. With the verdict, Gurung will be stripped of his position as an elected member of the provincial assembly and serve the remaining 26 months of his five-year jail term.
A joint bench of SC justices Nahakul Subedi and Tek Prasad Dhungana upheld the verdict of the erstwhile Appellate Court (now High Court) of Patan which slapped Gurung with a five-year jail term for the attempted murder of gangster Milan Gurung, popularly known as Chakre Milan. The Supreme Court is yet to issue the full text of the verdict.
SC upholds five years jail-term awarded to Deepak Manange
Gurung, who won the 2017 election from Manang (B) as an independent candidate, has already spent 32 months in prison in the case. After the verdict of the Supreme Court, he will have to spend 26 months in jail. Gurung has held multiple ministerial positions in the Gandaki provincial government.
