Madhesh Province Assembly Member Sarojkumar Singh Kushwaha Sentenced to 4 Years Imprisonment and Fined NPR 3.85 Million

The Special Court has sentenced Sarojkumar Singh Kushwaha, a member of the Madhesh Province Assembly, to 4 years and 1 month in prison for corruption charges. In addition, the court imposed a fine of NPR 3,850,139 and ordered confiscation of an equivalent amount as bail. This verdict was issued following confirmation that Kushwaha accepted bribes from various consumer committees, as per the case filed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

Kathmandu, 19 Jestha – The Special Court, chaired by Sudarshan Dev Bhatt along with members Umesh Koirala and Bidur Koirala, convicted Singh on Jestha 4 under the Corruption Prevention Act, 2059, for accepting bribes. Today, the court sentenced him to 4 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of NPR 3,850,139.

According to the court, evidence established that Singh received a total of NPR 3,850,139 as bribes and commissions from various consumer committees. The amount was treated as the corrupt proceeds and the sentence was delivered accordingly. At the time of the offense, Singh was serving as a province assembly member elected from Mahottari Constituency No. 4 (Kha). He was found guilty of abusing his public office for corrupt practices and, pursuant to Section 24 of the Corruption Prevention Act, an additional one-month imprisonment was added to his sentence.

The Special Court ordered the confiscation and recovery of the bribe amount, NPR 3,850,139, from Singh. Furthermore, in accordance with the Crime Victim Protection Act, 2075, the court mandated the collection of NPR 154,056.56 as compensation fees based on the fine, to be deposited into the Victim Relief Fund.

The CIAA had filed the corruption case against Singh for allegedly accepting commissions and bribes from multiple consumer committees. Following the court’s confirmation of these allegations, Singh was declared guilty and penalized accordingly.