FILE - Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara (C) leaves the Kathmandu District Court after giving his statement following accusation by a female government employee, who accused him of attempt-to-rape, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu District Court will pronounce its verdict in the Krishna Bahadur Mahara attempted rape case on Monday.

A single bench of Justice Amar Raj Paudel sought time to pronounce verdict on Mahara case today.

According to a court official, the verdict could not be delivered today due to time constraint and as such a decision could be expected tomorrow.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) and ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara was accused of attempting to rape a Federal Parliament employee.

A staffer at the Parliament Secretariat had filed a first information report on October 4, accusing Mahara of attempting to rape her on September 29 at her rented apartment in Tinkune, Kathmandu.

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