Kathmandu, Aug. 4 -- The Patan High Court on Monday ordered the release of controversial businessman Durga Prasai on bail in connection with a banking offence and a separate case related to violent protests in Kathmandu in March.

A division bench of judges Sudarshan Dev Bhatta and Munendra Prasad Awasthi issued an order that Prasai be released upon posting the bail amount of Rs2.5 million or furnishing a bank guarantee.

According to the court's information officer Parbati Hitan, the high court also ordered Prasai's release on a separate bail of Rs300,000 in connection with the criminal offence.

Prasai appealed against the Kathmandu District Court's decision to send him to judicial custody on the criminal offence related to the March 28...