Yes, he is guilty.
Few things he had to take responsibility:
1. He is the shop owner. What happens inside his shop
he should take responsibility.
2. He sold alcohol that is not paid domestic tax. If imported,
then, it was not cleared duty. Because, according Nepali
Govt. rule you can not sell locally made alcohol. It is
illegal to make alcohol and sell it.
3. Five peoples died. Its not small mistake. He should knew
what he brought and who are his consumer. If it was in
other countries he might have faced death sentence for the
negligence, but, he got only life prison. I heard life prison in
Nepal, is 20years maximum and after that he will be released.
Court has done good job by teaching the illegal alcohol
shop keepers. In India, someone can not even walk with
alcohol bottles in broad day lights, police can fine and
sometime jailed for drinking or possesing alcohol. There
are strict licensed alcohol shops to sell the alcohol even in
his country, so this person knew the alcohol and its
misuse. His activities are not execusable, he was misusing
the absent of law enforcing officers around him.
HG