The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the release of comedian Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh on bail of Rs 250,000.
District government attorney Achyut Mani Neupane says a single bench of Judge Madhav Prasad Mainali issued the order after a preliminary hearing of the cases filed against him on Thursday.
Singh is facing the charges of hurting the sentiments of the Newa people, native inhabitants of the Kathmandu valley through his performances. Just on Wednesday, the government attorney, based on the police investigation, filed four different cases against him at the Kathmandu District Court.
On Thursday, Kshitiz, who was in police custody, was taken to the court to record his statements, where he said he had the sole purpose of making people laugh during the performance.
Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh was arrested on August 28 after some Newa activists filed a complaint saying one of his performances disrespected their community and culture. After getting under fire on social media, Kshitiz published an apology video, yet the police arrested him and sent him into custody.
While in custody in earlier September, the comedian tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing the police to release him on the condition that he would come back on an agreed date.
Accordingly, he went to the Kathmandu District Police Range office on his own on Monday to get detained again.

Apurva Chitiz is being dragged into the game of Madhesi Lives Matters by the corrupt politic mafia. The politicians want to divide and rule and they will jump at any chance to create the divide between the masses so that it's easier to rule them. Now they are trying to spark ethnic divide. It's clear cut matter of freedom of speech but Apurva needed to analyze his audience first before doing his comedy routine.

Imagine if his whole routine was making fun of muslims. He would not be spared by Allah. Mujahiddin sleeper cells would activate to terminate him. He chose to make fun of gentle newaris that's why he is getting of easy. Even if he made fun of manange's he would be in hot seat.

Bro think Nepalese are as liberal like US where race jokes are taken lightly. Lol. You never play game of race in Nepal otherwise your life is miserable and will drag you till you die.