Kathmandu District Court indicted Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane responsible in the case of rape of a minor on Friday, December 29. Lamichhane was accused of raping a 17-year-old woman in the Kathmandu resort in August 2022 and was out on bail.
A bench of Judge Shishir Raj Dhakal concluded the week-long listening to on Friday and added the woman was not a minor on the time of the rape in August 2022. The court docket will determine a sentence on January 10, 2024, and the cricketer has reportedly been arrested.
The 23-year-old leg-spinner has been arguably Nepal’s finest cricketer since his worldwide debut in May 2018. He has performed over 100 worldwide matches already and leads the bowling chart in each ODIs and T20Is. Notable, he’s the quickest bowler to 100 ODI wickets in the cricket world up to now.
He represented Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2018 and has additionally performed T20 franchise cricket in the Big Bash League, Caribbean Premier League and Pakistan Super League.
Lamichhane was appointed as Nepal males’s cricket group captain in December 2021. He was sacked from captaincy following a rape case allegation in September 2022 and was later arrested. However, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) allowed the cricketer to take part as their key spinner in abroad matches.
However, upon a overview petition filed by Lamichhane, the Patan High Court launched the participant on INR 2 million bail in January 2023. Lamichhane’s final ODI look got here towards India in the course of the Asia Cup 2023 group-stage sport in Pallekele on September 4.
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