Kathmandu, August 7
After police killed two persons ,who abducted and murdered an 11-year-old boy from Kandaghari of Kathmandu in Thimi of Bhaktapur, in Doleshwor of the district on Monday, the victim’s family is unlikely to get compensation.
The new criminal code that will come into effect from August 17 has a provision that families of victims of abduction and murder cases get compensations from the perpetrators. However, with the death of perpetrators, there is no one to pay compensation to the family in this case.
As police investigation will take around one week, the case will enter the court procedures only around or after August 17.
In principle, criminal justice system believes that a crime dies with its criminal. This principle will apply to the abduction and murder of Nishan Khadka as well.
If the perpetrators were not killed, they would face imprisonment and fine as well as a liability to compensate the victim’s family.
