Kathmandu, Oct. 16 -- The Office of the Attorney General, Nepal has allowed partial settlements in certain criminal cases involving organised-crime charges, saying that the parties may settle other offences if the court rejects the organised-crime charge.

The circular, issued under Attorney General Narayan Datta Kandel, clarifies how cases involving both compoundable and non-compoundable offences should be handled. It does not allow organised-crime charges themselves to be settled.

The directive was sent to all high, special, and district government attorney offices on October 7.

The Attorney General's Office had earlier issued guidelines for settling criminal cases prosecuted by the government. But the rules were unclear about cases i...