February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.    
A division bench of judges Dilliraj Acharya and Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini acquitted actor Shah on the case.    
Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced him to two and a half years in jail for allegedly raping a minor. Shah had filed the petition in the High Court, challenging the district court's verdict. However, the District Court Tahanun had acquitted Shah on the rape case against the minor.    
The bench of the High Court concluded that the charges against Shah were not sufficient to prove him guilty, Information Officer of High Court, Pokhara, Bishnu Prasad Acharya said.    
Shah's lawyer senior advocate Kamala Mohan Wagle said that actor Shah will be released from the jail following the High Court's verdict.

"Shah has won the case. He will be released on Monday," said Wagle. -- RSS