KATHMANDU, May 6: The Supreme Court has upheld the order issued by the District Court of Rautahat to keep former minister Mohammed Aftab Alam to stand trial while still remaining in custody.
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Upon rejection of his request by the district court, Alam had taken the request to the Supreme Court and requested to stand trial while staying outside prison. However, a joint bench of Supreme Court justices Sushmalata Mathema and Nahakul Subedi on Friday upheld the order issued by the Rautahat district court.
