Nepal, May 19 -- The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the release of Mahiman Singh Bista, a section officer of the Supreme Court (SC), on a bail of Rs 100,000.

According to the court's information officer, Deepak Kumar Shrestha, Judge Dinbandhu Baral of the Kathmandu District Court issued the order for his release on bail on Monday.

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Bista was arrested after issuing an "unauthorized" letter regarding the arrest of Resham Chaudhary, the patron of the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP).

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