Kathmandu, September 16- Two separate habeas corpus petitions were filed in the Supreme Court today seeking release of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former minister Prakash Man Singh.Advocates Binod Karki and Sarvagya Naya jointly challenged the sentence slapped by the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) on Deuba and Singh in two separate petitions and asked the Supreme Court to release them.
The two leaders are serving two-year jail term slapped by the RCCC on charges of corruption in Melamchi Drinking Water Project.
The petitioners have claimed as the formation of the RCCC itself was illegal; the leaders should not be kept in jail based on a verdict given by an illegal commission.
The petitioners appealed to the apex court to issue order to the Cabinet Secretariat and the RCCC to produce the two leaders before the apex court within 24 hours and release them.
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