May 28, Kathmandu – On the occasion of the Republic Day, President Ramchandra Paudel has pardoned the prison sentence of Resham Chaudhary, who has been serving life imprisonment in Dillibazar prison.

The Council of Ministers had recommended to the President to waive the prison sentences of 19 people, including Chaudhary, who were found guilty by the Supreme Court in the Tikapur mass murder incident.

According to Article 276 of the Constitution of Nepal and Article 159 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 2074, they were pardoned by the President’s Office.

Similarly, according to Article 276 of the Constitution and Article 37 of the Criminal Offenses (Determining and Execution of Punishment) Act and Article 12 of the Senior Citizens Act, the rest of the prison sentences of 482 people have also been waived.