Butwal, Aug. 10 -- Even after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's order to remand him in judicial custody for trial in a cooperative fraud case, Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane has again filed a petition at the Rupandehi District Court seeking release from custody. He has also submitted a bank guarantee to the court, requesting to be freed by paying the claimed amount determined by the court.

There is no practice of releasing a person in custody unless they are proven innocent, yet Lamichhane is waiting for an unusual stroke of fortune, observers say.

Lamichhane, a suspended lawmaker, has been in custody at Rupandehi District Prison over charges of embezzlement from Supreme Savings and Credit Cooperative in Butw...