Foreign nationals arrested in Nepal face a system in an unfamiliar language: detention without contacts, statements without interpreters, and bail without local sureties. Conversely, Nepali citizens who offend abroad — or flee abroad after offending here — trigger extradition and cross-border enforcement under treaties, conventions and the Extradition Act, 2045.
We provide detention response with interpreters, embassy coordination, bail with practical surety solutions, and full extradition practice: challenging extraditability, political-offence bars and limitation, or securing trial-in-Nepal outcomes for Nepali citizens whom the law protects from surrender.
The Nepalese laws that govern this area — what each one does in your matter.
Treaty/convention-based surrender with court inquiry into extraditability and political-offence bars; Nepali citizens are tried in Nepal, not surrendered; time-barred and sub-judice cases blocked.
No surrender of Nepali citizens
Nepali citizens committing listed grave offences (murder, rape, fraud, forgery and more) against Nepalis abroad are punishable in Nepal as if committed here.
Tried in Nepal as if domestic
Cyber acts abroad affecting Nepali systems are prosecutable in Nepal.
Overstay, deportation and permit violations that compound criminal cases for foreigners.
Embassy notification, interpreter-assisted statements and translated charge sheets — rights we enforce from the first custody visit.
Detention response
Custody visit with interpreter, embassy notification, and statement control in a language the client understands.
Bail without roots
Practical surety and address solutions for visitors, plus recognizance structures courts accept.
Extradition screening
Treaty applicability, dual criminality in substance, political-offence and limitation bars tested at the inquiry stage.
Trial coordination
Remote witnesses, translated records and consular observation managed across jurisdictions.
Transfer & closure
Sentence-transfer possibilities, deportation sequencing and record consequences in both countries.
Punishments at stake
Cross-border cases carry the domestic tariff of the underlying offence — plus the binary risk of surrender itself, which is why extradition inquiries are fought as hard as trials.
My relative, a foreigner, was arrested in Kathmandu. What helps fastest?
An advocate with an interpreter at the police station within hours, embassy notification, and a bail plan that solves the surety problem. Call the detention helpline immediately.
Can Nepal extradite its own citizens?
No — where surrender is sought of a Nepali citizen, the law requires trial in Nepal instead. Citizenship and treaty status are the first things we establish.
I am Nepali and accused of an offence committed abroad. Can I be tried here?
For listed grave offences against Nepalis, yes — Nepali courts punish as if committed domestically. Voluntary engagement with counsel here often beats waiting for a foreign process.
General legal information for public awareness — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an advocate →