The government has decided to bring into force the provision of parole as provisioned in Section 17 (f), 29 and 49 of The Criminal Offences (Sentencing and Execution) Act, 2017. The parole provision will come into force on October 18.
A home ministry probe team formed under the Director of Department of Prison Kamal Prasad Pandey found that eight police personnel and inmates at Sankhuwasabha prison beat two inmates — Binod Tolangi, 19, of Khandbari, Sankhuwasabha, and Akash Balami aka Bikash Shrestha, 28, of Nuwakot to death on August 9.