Verdict on case against former speaker Agni Sapkota expected today

Verdict on case against former speaker Agni Sapkota expected today
By Republica
Published: August 07, 2024 01:25 PM

KATHMANDU, Aug 7:  The Supreme Court (SC) is expected to announce the verdict on the case against Agni Prasad Sapkota, former speaker and vice chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center), today.

The case was filed by Purnimaya Lama, who alleges that Sapkota was involved in the murder of her husband, Arjun Lama, in 2005. The final hearing took place before a constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha and Justices Prakash Man Singh Raut, Sapana Pradhan Malla, Prakash Kumar Dhungana, and Kumar Regmi.

Initially scheduled for June 26, the decision was postponed. The court will issue its ruling on this high-profile case today. Arjun Lama, chairman of the Krishna Secondary School Management Committee in Chhatrabunj, Kavre, was killed during the Maoist conflict in April 2005.

 

Request history8.2.19PHP Version10.01sRequest Duration6MBMemory UsageGET amp/news/{slug}Route
    • Booting (21.1ms)time
    • Application (9.99s)time
    • 1 x Application (99.79%)
      9.99s
      1 x Booting (0.21%)
      21.10ms
      1 templates were rendered
      • frontend.amp-detailamp-detail.blade.php#?blade
      uri
      GET amp/news/{slug}
      middleware
      web, mynews, kyc
      controller
      App\Http\Controllers\Frontend\News\NewsController@getBySlug
      namespace
      prefix
      where
      as
      news.slug
      file
      app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:276-373
      10 statements were executed9.96s
      • NewsController.php#297republica12.28sselect `id`, `title`, `content`, `excerpt`, `permalink`, `pub_date`, `is_subscriber_only`, `is_subscriber_user`, `is_free`, `is_logged_in_user`, `content`, `caption`, `news_slug`, `exclusive_news` from `news` where `permalink` = 'verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expected-today' and `status` = 1 limit 1
        Bindings
        • 0: verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expected-today
        • 1: 1
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:297
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:291
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • NewsController.php#297republica1600μsselect `attachments`.`id`, `directory`, `file`, `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` as `pivot_news_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` as `pivot_attachment_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`, `news_has_attachments`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at` from `attachments` inner join `news_has_attachments` on `attachments`.`id` = `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` where `news_has_attachments`.`is_featured_image` = '0' and `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` in (158255)
        Bindings
        • 0: 0
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:297
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:291
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • NewsController.php#297republica1530μsselect `categories`.`id`, `name`, `news_has_categories`.`news_id` as `pivot_news_id`, `news_has_categories`.`category_id` as `pivot_category_id`, `news_has_categories`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`, `news_has_categories`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at` from `categories` inner join `news_has_categories` on `categories`.`id` = `news_has_categories`.`category_id` where `news_has_categories`.`news_id` in (158255)
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:297
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:291
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • NewsController.php#297republica1500μsselect `attachments`.`id`, `directory`, `file`, `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` as `pivot_news_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` as `pivot_attachment_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`, `news_has_attachments`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at` from `attachments` inner join `news_has_attachments` on `attachments`.`id` = `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` where `news_has_attachments`.`is_featured_image` = '1' and `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` in (158255)
        Bindings
        • 0: 1
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:297
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:291
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • NewsController.php#297republica1560μsselect `authors`.`id`, `name`, `avatar`, `news_has_authors`.`news_id` as `pivot_news_id`, `news_has_authors`.`author_id` as `pivot_author_id`, `news_has_authors`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`, `news_has_authors`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at` from `authors` inner join `news_has_authors` on `authors`.`id` = `news_has_authors`.`author_id` where `news_has_authors`.`news_id` in (158255)
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:297
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:291
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • NewsController.php#388republica14.9sselect `id`, `title`, `excerpt`, `permalink`, `pub_date`, `is_subscriber_only`, MATCH(title, excerpt) AGAINST ('Verdict on case against former speaker Agni Sapkota expected today' IN BOOLEAN MODE) as score from `news` where `id` != 158255 and `status` = 1 order by `score` desc, `pub_date` desc limit 6
        Bindings
        • 0: 158255
        • 1: 1
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:388
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:380
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:306
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • NewsController.php#388republica1770μsselect `attachments`.`id`, `directory`, `file`, `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` as `pivot_news_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` as `pivot_attachment_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`, `news_has_attachments`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at` from `attachments` inner join `news_has_attachments` on `attachments`.`id` = `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` where `news_has_attachments`.`is_featured_image` = '0' and `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` in (117039, 130590, 131478, 132265, 154755, 156796)
        Bindings
        • 0: 0
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:388
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:380
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:306
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • NewsController.php#388republica1550μsselect `attachments`.`id`, `directory`, `file`, `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` as `pivot_news_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` as `pivot_attachment_id`, `news_has_attachments`.`created_at` as `pivot_created_at`, `news_has_attachments`.`updated_at` as `pivot_updated_at` from `attachments` inner join `news_has_attachments` on `attachments`.`id` = `news_has_attachments`.`attachment_id` where `news_has_attachments`.`is_featured_image` = '1' and `news_has_attachments`.`news_id` in (117039, 130590, 131478, 132265, 154755, 156796)
        Bindings
        • 0: 1
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:388
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:380
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:306
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • NewsController.php#416republica1730μsselect `id`, `title`, `excerpt`, `permalink`, `pub_date`, `is_subscriber_only`, `read_time`, `news_slug` from `news` where `pub_date` between '2025-03-31 15:43:26' and '2025-04-01 15:43:26' and `id` not in (158255) and `status` = 1 order by `view_count` desc limit 3
        Bindings
        • 0: 2025-03-31 15:43:26
        • 1: 2025-04-01 15:43:26
        • 2: 158255
        • 3: 1
        Backtrace
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:416
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php:426
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:410
        • app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/News/NewsController.php:315
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • UpdateNewsVisitListener.php#27republica12.78supdate `news` set `view_count` = `view_count` + 1, `news`.`updated_at` = '2025-04-01 15:43:26' where `id` = 158255 and `status` = 1
        Bindings
        • 0: 2025-04-01 15:43:26
        • 1: 158255
        • 2: 1
        Backtrace
        • app/Listeners/UpdateNewsVisitListener.php:27
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php:473
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
        • vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:264
      App\Models\News
      7News.php#?
      App\Models\Attachment
      7Attachment.php#?
      App\Models\Category
      1Category.php#?
      App\Models\Author
      1Author.php#?
          _token
          RlyWaNqPLpRzKr9OOEXReN3NPNMAMvOYxtgqMGDu
          subscriber_only_page
          https://newtest.myrepublica.com/amp/news/verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expecte...
          _previous
          array:1 [ "url" => "https://newtest.myrepublica.com/amp/news/verdict-on-case-against-former-speake...
          _flash
          array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
          path_info
          /amp/news/verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expected-today
          status_code
          200
          
          status_text
          OK
          format
          html
          content_type
          text/html; charset=UTF-8
          request_query
          []
          
          request_request
          []
          
          request_headers
          0 of 0
          array:24 [ "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""HeadlessChrome";v="129", "Not=A?Brand";v="8", "Chromium";v="129"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "connection" => array:1 [ 0 => "Keep-Alive" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "cf-connecting-ip" => array:1 [ 0 => "18.191.61.74" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "cf-visitor" => array:1 [ 0 => "{"scheme":"https"}" ] "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "cookie" => array:1 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IndsMVcvbmdxY0xydWdmZ3EvRlJURUE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiUmg4Y2R0c1psQ1pkeTJUWWxSSFFzVjgweHFJc1VvRUhMN2N1aWp1TURURlZRcitMeElpaEZ1eXhxdFg1ZEsxeUN6OVZ3a2RYWitUZTlwRmFEZzVxNFVyL09KUm42Qk5TSTFkNWNZUjZ3TFBLc09ISVVqNFFMZG9tYXNCZnRlL1AiLCJtYWMiOiI4NmRmOTExZTlkYjczMjE0OTFmMWU5NmE5M2Q4N2ZkZGQxOTg5OThhZjA2NWE4NzEwN2Q5MzkxNDJjMDQxMWU2IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; republica_session=eyJpdiI6ImkzS1RJZVJHekF4bmZ4MkY5dHkyNnc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiclBJWFVBcHVQODkyOENzQ3UydlhETFIwNUFwQWVneXhNVEdPems1ZFNaWGlrM3ZkMjRnQWp3VmFKTm9RTE9mdUFXQi9lRUVmSkUyb0NCS08yRVJmSXhZcEIyNVZRV0dTdnlXaWF2ZGY1Ny9NeVBFVXE2d3FQWXVxUjdlZ0dPTlMiLCJtYWMiOiI3YjM3NjRmYjRiYzZjZDQ1NGNkYzA0NDQ2ZmIyYzIwNTJmNGVmYzUzZjIzOTk1ZDc2M2M1ZWE4ZGM1NTllZDk1IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3DXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IndsMVcvbmdxY0xydWdmZ3EvRlJURUE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiUmg4Y2R0c1psQ1pkeTJUWWxSSFFzVjgweHFJc1VvRUhMN2N1aWp1TURURlZRcitMeElpaEZ1eXhxdFg1ZEsxeUN6OVZ3a" ] "x-forwarded-proto" => array:1 [ 0 => "https" ] "cf-ipcountry" => array:1 [ 0 => "US" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, br" ] "cdn-loop" => array:1 [ 0 => "cloudflare; loops=1" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "newtest.myrepublica.com" ] "x-forwarded-for" => array:1 [ 0 => "18.191.61.74" ] "cf-ray" => array:1 [ 0 => "92973a30ced75078-ORD" ] ]
          request_cookies
          0 of 0
          array:2 [ "XSRF-TOKEN" => "RlyWaNqPLpRzKr9OOEXReN3NPNMAMvOYxtgqMGDu" "republica_session" => "jQ7ZblTrwTAbw0WDT6kqHqMD5AfPVfJ8qsmoqVAx" ]
          response_headers
          0 of 0
          array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:58:29 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Ims3SW94MkdIRll5TEhVdUNKU2FPM0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiMlFDSXJXdnl6SEFLWkROOGhLQlRHOWUwdnFqZVZGVHlMR0E3TXI3S2xPVi9DTXp5T2pRVmloU2VXSG1WbnhVUmxrVlJiWHh0T2NBM1Z0UStjOXhxTm5nRlJIL0twRXZmVG9Fd011a0I1eFoxbS96OEk5eUowUmpHTDBYVSt3aTMiLCJtYWMiOiIyOWZlMjAxZWE4M2IzMWUyMzk5YmIzODU1YTg2ZDcyOTZjOGYzYWE1NDI0ZjU1OWQ2OTJlNTViODE4OTk5ZWYzIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:58:29 GMT; Max-Age=31536000; path=/; secure; samesite=laxXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Ims3SW94MkdIRll5TEhVdUNKU2FPM0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiMlFDSXJXdnl6SEFLWkROOGhLQlRHOWUwdnFqZVZGVHlMR0E3TXI3S2xPVi9DTXp5T2pRVmloU2VXSG1WbnhVUmxrVlJiW" 1 => "republica_session=eyJpdiI6IjVJR1Z0bjFQekZVWWJHV3NqTlFrSlE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiVlN2dytXRFUzL0NZQUNhTWFPN2RDOUFMdi9uSFc1Qk9wdTNTUUZPZ3FzVXhXc0hHSTJUWVd0STduNitNRlJUWTVES1ltSEgrN2drWVBJa24xY3NXQXlHQVdPb2czVDgrRDFwcm8vcER4aFd6ZWR5d3Y5MzIyZmIxeXRDSTlLQ1IiLCJtYWMiOiJmODg1OTdjNzhkYmY0OWQ4OTYxMTI1MmFhNzUzMjQ5ZDNiN2Q3MGQ3ZmJlYjFkZjNiOGEzMTA0NzBmNTUwZTNjIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:58:29 GMT; Max-Age=31536000; path=/; secure; httponly; samesite=laxrepublica_session=eyJpdiI6IjVJR1Z0bjFQekZVWWJHV3NqTlFrSlE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiVlN2dytXRFUzL0NZQUNhTWFPN2RDOUFMdi9uSFc1Qk9wdTNTUUZPZ3FzVXhXc0hHSTJUWVd0STduNitNRlJUWT" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Ims3SW94MkdIRll5TEhVdUNKU2FPM0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiMlFDSXJXdnl6SEFLWkROOGhLQlRHOWUwdnFqZVZGVHlMR0E3TXI3S2xPVi9DTXp5T2pRVmloU2VXSG1WbnhVUmxrVlJiWHh0T2NBM1Z0UStjOXhxTm5nRlJIL0twRXZmVG9Fd011a0I1eFoxbS96OEk5eUowUmpHTDBYVSt3aTMiLCJtYWMiOiIyOWZlMjAxZWE4M2IzMWUyMzk5YmIzODU1YTg2ZDcyOTZjOGYzYWE1NDI0ZjU1OWQ2OTJlNTViODE4OTk5ZWYzIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 01-Apr-2026 09:58:29 GMT; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Ims3SW94MkdIRll5TEhVdUNKU2FPM0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiMlFDSXJXdnl6SEFLWkROOGhLQlRHOWUwdnFqZVZGVHlMR0E3TXI3S2xPVi9DTXp5T2pRVmloU2VXSG1WbnhVUmxrVlJiW" 1 => "republica_session=eyJpdiI6IjVJR1Z0bjFQekZVWWJHV3NqTlFrSlE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiVlN2dytXRFUzL0NZQUNhTWFPN2RDOUFMdi9uSFc1Qk9wdTNTUUZPZ3FzVXhXc0hHSTJUWVd0STduNitNRlJUWTVES1ltSEgrN2drWVBJa24xY3NXQXlHQVdPb2czVDgrRDFwcm8vcER4aFd6ZWR5d3Y5MzIyZmIxeXRDSTlLQ1IiLCJtYWMiOiJmODg1OTdjNzhkYmY0OWQ4OTYxMTI1MmFhNzUzMjQ5ZDNiN2Q3MGQ3ZmJlYjFkZjNiOGEzMTA0NzBmNTUwZTNjIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 01-Apr-2026 09:58:29 GMT; path=/; secure; httponlyrepublica_session=eyJpdiI6IjVJR1Z0bjFQekZVWWJHV3NqTlFrSlE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiVlN2dytXRFUzL0NZQUNhTWFPN2RDOUFMdi9uSFc1Qk9wdTNTUUZPZ3FzVXhXc0hHSTJUWVd0STduNitNRlJUWT" ] ]
          session_attributes
          0 of 0
          array:4 [ "_token" => "RlyWaNqPLpRzKr9OOEXReN3NPNMAMvOYxtgqMGDu" "subscriber_only_page" => "https://newtest.myrepublica.com/amp/news/verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expected-today" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://newtest.myrepublica.com/amp/news/verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expected-today" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] ]
          ClearShow all
          Date ↕MethodURLData
          #12025-04-01 15:43:29GET/amp/news/verdict-on-case-against-former-speaker-agni-sapkota-expected-today11016