April 7,Kathmandu- The government has prepared to proceed with the law amendment process to free the leader of the Nagarik Unmukty Party, Resham Chaudhary, accused of the Tikapur murder case, who was found guilty by the court.

Earlier the Council of Ministers meeting held on May 2 has already decided to take some bills related to the amendment of Nepal Act to the Parliament,and the same bill is being prepared to be presented in today’s Parliament session. Some parliamentarians have also said that the Bill is being advanced under the pressure of the Nagarik Unmukty Party under the condition of supporting the government.

The ordinance brought by the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba on the 11th of December to release Chaudhary could not be implemented due to the controversy and now it is said that the same bill is going to be amended by keeping the provisions of the same ordinance.

Section 116 of the Code of Criminal Procedure lists non-returnable cases. In the Civil Code of Criminal Offenses ,negative and positive list cases has been classified and there is a provision that even now the cases in the positive list can be withdrawn with the consent of the court.In the provision it has been clearly mentioned that the negative list cases cannot be withdrawn.According to which the case of chaudhary could not be withdrawn. But now in the bill,a provision is going to be added that the ‘political nature cases can be withdrawn’. and which seems clearly to be in favour of chaudhary to get him released out of the prison.

In the case of the Tikapur incident, Chaudhary was found guilty by two levels of courts on the charge of killing seven policemen and a child. Chaudhary’s wife Ranjita Shrestha is the Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation in the current government.