The Supreme Court has overturned its own previous decision to cut the life sentence of former DIG of Armed Police Force Ranjan Koirala.

A full bench of acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki and Justices duo Tanka Bahadur Moktan and Kumar Chudal on Thursday decided to give continuity to the decision of district and high courts to send him to life in prison and confiscate his property.

Earlier, suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and Justice Tej Bahadur KC had issued a verdict to commute Koirala's sentence from life imprisonment to eight and a half years for murdering his wife Dhakal.

Koirala was released after serving eight and a half years prison terms on July 22, 2020.

The Kathmandu District Court handed down a life term to Koirala in January 2012 and the decision was upheld by the Patan High Court.

Koirala killed his wife Gita in February 2012.