Accused of Torture Sentenced to Jail for 25 Days

  January 18, 2022 By: INSEC

Januka Nepali, 27, of Panchakanya Rural Municipality-2, Nuwakot has been given 25 days’ jail sentence for physically torturing a six-year-old boy. Januka Nepali had been working as the hostel warden of New Life School of Pokhara Metropolitan- 15.

The bench of Judge Shree Krishna Bhattarai gave the verdict on January 16. According to Shrestedar Nabaraj Dangal, the guilty has been jailed for 25 days and has been charged NPR 5,000 as compensation to the victim. Also, she has to deposit NPR 1000 as fine and NPR 200 as a contribution to the victim relief fund.

The guilty was accused of tying rubber on the genital of the child so that he would not urinate in the bed while he is asleep. The operator of the hostel of New Life School had filed a complaint against the accused on December 21. The accused was arrested immediately after the complaint was filed.

The District Attorney’s Office had claimed one year imprisonment of the accused on January 14, stating that the act has been an offense against the children and it complies with the Sub-section (1) and Sub-section (2)’s clauses (D and E) from Section 66 of the Children’s Act, 2075 BS.

The case was filed in the district court in Kaski.


Sushan Ghimire