Kathmandu, Nepal: The Supreme Court (SC), the apex court of the country, has issued a verdict in the name of newly appointed Inspector General Nepal Police to nab absconding murder convict CPN Maoist center leader and former member of the parliament Bal Krishna Dhungel within seven days.
Responding to a contempt of court writ filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi, a single bench of Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai handed down the verdict on Thursday.
Though the SC had repeatedly been issuing such verdicts to arrest the murder accused Dhungel, neither the Nepal Police nor other state agencies had shown apathy to implement the SC verdict.
Dhungel was convicted of the murder of Ujjan Kumar Shrestha, a resident of his home district of Okhaldhunga during the insurgency period.
The bench has ordered the newly appointed IGP Prakash Aryal to arrest Dhungel within next seven days, imprison him and submit the report to the Court.
Advocate Tripathi had moved to the court on Wednesday to file a contempt of court case against Dhungel.
The threats issued by Dhungel for physical attack to the Chief Justice Sushila Karki and former Chief Justices Kalyan Shrestha and Khil Raj Regmi went viral on social media, the SC had taken the threats in a note while issuing the verdicts.
Everyone should comply with the court order in accordance with Article 126.2 of the Constitution and failure to do so would result in actions as per Article 128.4 of the Constitution, the bench has stated in the verdict.
Before issuing the verdict, Supreme Court Registrar Nrip Dhoj Niraula had written a letter to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal urging him to arrest Dhungel.
