A group of people vandalised the Sunsari district court this evening for issuing a verdict against their wishes.

Relatives of a man, who was killed in an accident at Inaruwa on December 18, vandalized the Court and chanted slogan against judge of the district court after the verdict of the Court.

A single bench of judge Madhav Prasad Pokhrel had issued the verdict ordering releasing Hem Narayan Urao, driver of the bus, which knocked down Ram Lal Poddhar of Inaruwa, after imposing a fine of Rs 90,000.

Poddhar’s relatives and civil society members, who were staging a sit-in in front of the court’s main gates from 10:00 am on Sunday started vandalising the court office from 6:00 pm and also shouted slogans against judge Pokhrel and broke furniture.

The police controlled the situation about half an hour later, reports quoted Superintendent of Police Yadav Raj Khanal.

“We had demanded action against Urao for murder but the court released him after imposing on him a fine of Rs 90,000 only,” The Himalayan Times quoted Ram Lal’s nephew Santosh Dev as saying.

Irate kin have called strike on Monday, he said.

Lila Gautam, a judge in the Sunsari court, confirmed the incident and said this was a simple incident and had happened during a transitional period.