Kathmandu, June 25 -- A Special Court in Nepal has ordered the release of former Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on bail amounting to NRS 3.5 million in the Patanjali land scam case.

It was the first time that a Prime Minister had been booked for corruption in the Himalayan Nation. The bail order was issued on Wednesday following the conclusion of his statement and detention hearing in the corruption case filed by the Nepali Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

A bench comprising Special Court members Tej Narayan Singh Raya, Ram Bahadur Thapa, and Bidur Koirala issued the order directing his release on bail.

Senior Advocate Sushil Pant, on Wednesday, hired by the CIAA, led the prosecution, which also ...