Gopalganj/Madhepura (Bihar), July 23 (PTI): At least 34 people were sentenced to life imprisonment today by local courts in connection with three separate cases of murder in Bihar's Madhepura and Gopalganj districts.

A fast-track court of additional district and sessions judge Bipin Bihari Mishra held seven persons responsible for thrashing to death two brothers at Amawa Vijaypur village in Gopalganj district on March 30, 1994.

In Madhepura district, fast-track court judge Yogesh Narain Singh found 12 persons guilty of murder. In another case, the court of additional district and sessions judge 15 people guilty of killing Ramesh Jha in 1988.