Supreme Court Hearing Postponed on Pardon Granted to Resham Chaudhary in Tikapur Incident Case

The hearing on the case challenging the pardon granted to Resham Chaudhary has been postponed. The case was filed by Sharda Bohara Kadyat after Chaudhary, convicted in the Tikapur massacre, was granted a presidential pardon before completing his sentence.

The writ petition filed by Sharda Bohara Kadyat, naming the Office of the President as the respondent, was scheduled for a hearing in the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Abdul Aziz Musalman and Shrikanta Paudel.

Sharda is the wife of police inspector Keshav Bohara, who was killed in the incident. The case, listed second on the cause list, was postponed after the legal counsel for the respondent, Resham Chaudhary, filed a request.

Resham was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Dipayal High Court in Kailali district, where he was deemed the main planner of the Tikapur massacre. The Supreme Court upheld this verdict on Jestha 2, 2079 BS. However, following the recommendation of the government, President Ramchandra Paudel granted him a remission of sentence on the occasion of Republic Day, leading to his release from Dillibazar Jail on Jestha 15, 2079 BS.

Had the sentence remission not been granted, Chaudhary would have had to remain in jail until 2094 BS. Although he was supposed to serve an additional 14 years according to the court's verdict, he managed to secure release after the general pardon.

Following President Paudel's decision to release Chaudhary on the recommendation of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' led government, Bohara's wife Sharda approached the Supreme Court expressing strong dissatisfaction.

During the agitation demanding a Tharuhat province before the promulgation of the new constitution, violence erupted, leading to the brutal killing of eight people, including one child and seven security personnel, in Tikapur, Kailali on Bhadra 7, 2072 BS.