SC issues order to annul President’s decision to grant amnesty to Regal

The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the decision of the President to grant amnesty to Yog Raj Dhaka aka Regal, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Chetan Manandhar of Nepalgunj.

Organizing a press conference, the Supreme Court informed that a full bench of Justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Sapana Pradhan Malla and Kumar Chudal annulled the decision of President Ram Chandra Paudel to pardon Regal.

The Supreme Court has issued a mandamus order to arrest him immediately.

Though the hearing against the decision to grant amnesty to Regal was concluded on Wednesday, the decision was announced only today.

On September 19, President Paudel pardoned Regal as per the government’s recommendation on the occasion of Constitution Day.

Against the same decision, Chetan Manandhar’s wife Bharati Sherpa Manandhar filed a writ petition at the apex court demanding the arrest of the Regal again.

The President’s Office, Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Home Ministry, District Administration Office, Banke, District Prison Office, Dang, District Administration Office, Dang and Office of the Attorney General, Kathmandu were made defendants in the case.

Regal had killed Manandhar in broad daylight by using a khukuri on July 14, 2015.

In April, he was convicted of the murder and was slapped with 20 years imprisonment by the Banke District Court.

Bharati had started a hunger strike in Maitighar, Kathmandu following Dashain festival demanding justice for her husband.