The Special Court has sentenced Bikal Paudel, former executive director of the Security Printing Center, and Saphal Shrestha, the former director of the Center, to eight years in prison, along with a restitution of Rs 34.22 million each.
The ruling was delivered by a bench comprising the court’s Chair Tek Narayan Kunwar and justices Khusi Prasad Tharu and Ritendra Thapa on Thursday, November 28, reported RSS, the state-owned news agency.
The two were convicted on October 30 for their involvement in the corruption case related to the printing of excise duty stickers. However, Baikuntha Aryal, the former Chief Secretary, was acquitted in the case.
On June 23, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had filed a case against 12 individuals, including the three mentioned, accusing them of misappropriating funds in the printing of excise duty stickers.
The court also ordered the recovery of Rs 3.86 million from the accused.
RSS
