Writ against Regal scheduled for hearing in SC on Thursday

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: The writ filed on the Supreme Court against the President’s decision to exempt Yograj Dhakal ‘Regal’ of Nepalgunj from imprisonment, has been scheduled for a hearing on Thursday. Regal had murdered Chetan Manandhar of Nepalgunj by hitting him with a ‘Khundaa’, a sharp and heavy weapon.

Bharati Sherpa, the wife of Chetan, had filed a writ to the Supreme Court on Sunday, demanding the annulment of the President’s decision to exempt Regal from imprisonment and send him back to prison again.