Sasaram/Sitamarhi, July 2 (PTI): A total of 16 people were sentenced to life imprisonment by local courts today in Rohtas and Sitamarhi districts in connection with separate cases related to murder.
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 evidence.
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.
