article_snippet: However, Nepalese law states that such attacks are only punished by anywhere between three months to three years in prison - depending on the severity of the disfigurement.
article_snippet: Acid attacks disfigure and often blind their victims, who are usually women and often the target of some form of revenge bid.
article_snippet: The disputes, which happen in many parts of South Asia, can be linked to dowry, land disputes or refusal to a man's advances.
article_snippet: Although acid attacks are now a criminal offence in neighbouring India, there are no specific laws addressing it in Nepal.
highlights_snippet: Police: It was a 'revenge attack' after one of the girls rejected A Nepalese man advances .
  