Bardiya District Court has fined Nepal Army 1^st Lieutenant Kabindra Thapa on charge of torturing one 14-year-old Padma Bahadur Khadka. A single bench of justice led by Judge Ramesh Sharma Poudel slapped a fine of Rs 2,000 after conducting a hearing on the case following an Appellate court order. The hearing was slated for Wednesday, four years after the case was lodged.

Thapa was than chief at Banjariya Post of Narsingh Battalion situated at Bardiya National Park.

The judge also ordered Rs 50,000 compensation to the victim along with departmental action against Nepal Army personnel Man Bahadur Khadka.

Khadka along with six other locals were arrested by a team of Army from Banjariya Post in 2011 on charge of hunting down deer.