The Special Court on Monday released Nepal Rastra Bank Former Governor Tilak Rawal, accused of corruption during the printing of polymer notes, on bail.

A Special Court joint bench headed by Chairman Baburam Regmi and Justices Ratna Bahadur Bagchand and Pramod Kumar Shrestha Baidya ordered the release of Rawal on a bail amount of Rs 1 million. The court issued the order after recording Rawal’s statement and hearing the case from the plaintiff and defendant side.

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According to a source at the court, Rawal deposited the bail amount today itself.

The Special Court, following the filing of the graft case by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, had send a written order to Rawal, among others accused in the case, to present themselves before the court within 15 days.