INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 26The High Court, Pokhara has given a clean chit to actor Purna
Bikram (Pal) Shah on charge of pedophilia.
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A division bench of judges Dilliraj Acharya and Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini acquitted actor Shah on the case.
Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced two and a half years of jail term against Shah on charge of pedophilia
After the district's verdict, Shah had filed the petition in the High Court, challenging the district court's verdict
However, the District Court Tahanun had acquitted Shah on a rape case against a minor.The bench of the High Court concluded that the charge
sheet against Shah was inadequate, Information Officer of High Court, Pokhara, Bishnu Prasad Acharya said.Shah's lawyer senior advocate
Kamala Mohan Wagle said that actor Shah will be released from the jail following the High Court's verdict
He will be released tomorrow," according to Wagle.
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