The Special Court on Thursday demanded Rs.30.5 million in bail from former Home Minister and Joint General Secretary of Nepali Congress party in response to the case of corruption filed by Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

Joshi is in custody since the last 103 days after CIAA arrested him for accumulating Rs.39.36 million misusing authority.

As the court released the order in the afternoon, Joshi couldn’t submit the bail amount and he was sent to judicial custody. He will be released on Friday after he submits the bail amount.

Talking to the journalists Joshi said, “I accept the court decision.” He also said, “ I will submit the bail amount tomorrow.”

The CIAA had demanded to prosecute Joshi keeping him in the custody. However, the court didn’t accept the appeal and gave order to release him against the bail amount.

“There is no need to send him to the judicial custody if he submits the required bail amount as per the act of the court and CIAA,” the bench said in its order.

During the interrogation by CIAA, Joshi had claimed that Rs.30 million is his legal earnings, which he earned in 13 years while Rs.15.7 million is his fathers’ property.