KATHMANDU: Hetauda High Court on Thursday upheld the decision of Chitwan District Court to seek a bail bond from TV personality Ravi Lamichhane over abetment to suicide case.

Hearing an application filed by the District Attorney Office, a joint bench of Judges Chandiraj Dhakal and Mahendranath Upadhyaya annulled the order by the district court to bar Lamichhane from telecasting a TV program about the suicide case and seek court’s approval for leaving Nepal.

The Chitwan District Court on August 26 had released Lamichhane on a bail bond of Rs 500,000.

A bench of District Judge Hemanta Rawal had released Yubaraj Kandel on a bail bond of Rs 300,000 bail bond and had released Ashmita Karki on general date.

The Chitwan District Attorney Office had sought a fine of Rs 50,000 and a sentence of five years or both for Lamichhane, Kandel, and Karki in line with the Criminal Code Act, 2017 for abetting suicide of journalist Shalikram Pudasaini.

They were arrested on August 15 after a video of the alleged suicide was made public by a news media. In the video that was purportedly shot by the journalist before killing himself, journalist Pudasaini had named the accused of abetting the suicide.