Life imprisonment for 16 in Bihar

PTI, July 3, 2011

Sixteen persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by local courts on Saturday in Rohtas and Sitamarhi districts in connection with separate cases related to murder.

A fast-track court judge (Rohtas) Binod Kumar pronounced 14 persons guilty of killing two villagers and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

The court, however, acquitted another person for want of sufficient evidence.

The case related to killing of two persons using sharp-edged weapons at Patnawa village in Rohtas district following old enmity on August 25, 2007.

In Sitamarhi, a local court sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in a murder case.

Fast-track court judge Arvind Kumar held Bharat Mahto and Sheojit Mahto guilty of murdering Falku Mahto and awarded life term to them.