18 Chait, Kathmandu. The Patan High Court rejected a writ petition filed by a young woman demanding that her complaint against UML Secretary Mahesh Basnet should proceed.

The girl had filed a complaint at the district police office saying that an investigation should be conducted against Basnet in the case of feticide, rape and theft. After that complaint did not proceed, she filed a case in Patan High Court.

The bench of High Court Judges Somkant Mainali and Keshav Prasad Adhikari dismissed the writ petition on the basis that the proceedings had already begun.

It is said in the order, ‘Since the order of the Kathmandu District Court on 16th March, 2082, it is also seen that the action process is progressing, as per the request of the petitioner, the order of the injunction should not be issued. It is considered that the writ petition will be dismissed.

But as soon as the details of the order were made public, UML leader Mahesh Basnet claimed that the suffering that the girl had been giving him for three years was over. According to him, all those complaints have been dismissed and even the attempt to file a supplementary complaint has failed by the order of the High Court.

However, the High Court rejected the petition saying that ‘the action process is proceeding further and the injunction should not be issued as per the request of the petitioner’.

On Tuesday, the district court refused to grant permission for the arrest saying that ‘after receiving the gross missile from the Patan High Court, it will be done in accordance with the law’. And, the High Court took notice of the same action and rejected the writ petition saying that since the action process has proceeded, there is no need to issue an injunction for the action itself.

The girl, whose code name is 26 Premises 58, filed a complaint with the police against UML leader Mahesh Basnet. After the police refused to file a complaint, the girl filed a complaint at the district attorney’s office through post.

Based on the complaint, the public prosecutor decided not to proceed with the investigation. The writ petition filed against the decision was dismissed by the Patan High Court.

Then the girl filed another complaint. Claiming that no action was taken on his complaint, the second writ petition filed by him was pending in the Patan High Court. During the hearing of that case, the Patan High Court seized all the files in the office of the public prosecutor.

On the other hand, after the young woman filed another complaint, the District Police Office, Kathmandu asked for permission to arrest Mahesh Basnet in the District Court Kathmandu. District Court Kathmandu concluded that the old files should be looked at and only after that they can think about issuing the arrest warrant.

‘That file has reached the High Court, now there is no difference in the details of the registered file,’ District Court Kathmandu said in its order two days ago, ‘Issuing another order from this court when the same matter is pending in the higher court goes against judicial recognition and legal order.’

District Court Kathmandu had ordered that after the dispute in Patan High Court is settled, it can be considered only after receiving the complete missile. It was said in the order, ‘Currently, it is not possible to (issuance of the arrest permit) as per the request.’

UML leader Basnet has claimed that all investigations against him have been completed after the High Court’s order on Wednesday. The district court said that the rest will be decided after the order of the high court.

However, the High Court rejected the writ petition saying that there is no need to issue an injunction as the investigation process has already started in the district. What is the research in such a situation?

A government lawyer commented that there was confusion from the district and high court orders.

“After the High Court finishes the case, the file will be submitted to the district court, then whatever happens, the district court will do,” he said.