Summary:
The Patan High Court has upheld an interim order preventing the arrest of senior journalist Dil Bhusan Pathak in connection with a video published on the YouTube channel "Tough Talk." The court ruled that there are no sufficient grounds to justify his immediate arrest based on the complaint filed by Jaiveer Singh Deuba, son of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba. The complaint concerns a video titled “Jaiveer Deuba’s Money Hilton!” in which Pathak questioned Jaiveer’s alleged involvement in share transactions linked to Hilton Kathmandu.

Earlier, a single bench judge had issued an interim order instructing police not to detain Pathak. Despite this, the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police requested Pathak to present himself at the nearest police office, alleging that his video violated the Electronic Transactions Act. Pathak and his legal counsel argued that the arrest warrant was issued without sufficient legal basis, leading the High Court to maintain its order against his arrest until a final verdict is reached.

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