Supreme Court Judges Sting operation: Supreme Court of Nepal conducts sting operation on judges. (Judges Sting operation) Two journalists have been sentenced for showing.
Apart from three months’ imprisonment, a fine of Rs 30,000 each has also been imposed on these two journalists. Apart from this, the person who conducted the sting operation has also been sentenced.
Two journalists of a YouTube channel in Nepal were found guilty and sentenced on Monday for showing a sting operation.
Sidhakura.com publisher Yuvraj Kandel and executive editor Naveen Dhungana have been convicted for broadcasting a sting operation involving some judges of the Supreme Court.
This is the first time that a journalist has been convicted and sentenced in a sting operation case.
A full bench of 9 judges headed by the Chief Justice has sentenced Rajkumar Timilsina, who conducted the sting operation, to 6 months’ imprisonment.
Whereas journalists Yuvraj Kandel and Naveen Dhungana have been sentenced to 3 months each for broadcasting it. In its order, the court has termed the material shown in this sting operation as ‘fake’ and termed it as contempt of court. In their decision, the judges have said that due to this sting operation, public confidence in the court has been reduced and rumors have been spread about the court and the judge.
Record the entire conversation of some famous journalists and middlemen
In this sting operation, the entire conversation of how middlemen, lawyers, journalists and judges collude to fix the big issue of corruption pending in the Supreme Court has been recorded.
By naming this entire conversation ‘The Dark File’ sidhakura.com It was broadcast in several episodes. In this, the entire conversation of some judges of the Supreme Court and some famous journalists and middlemen is recorded.
The Supreme Court has also said in its decision that the intention of the person who conducted this sting operation seems to be to defame the court, hence there will be no reduction in his punishment.
Also, if both the journalists involved in the sting operation tender a written apology and express their commitment not to repeat such an incident in future, the sentence of three months will be reduced to one week. It has also been said that the punishment will remain intact if there is no apology.