Six get life term in Umerpur killing case

A local court has sentenced six people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a man committed 12 years ago.
The additional district sessions judge, Arvind Kumar, also imposed a fine of Rs 24,000 each on Bablu, Vinod, Rajender, Harpal, Sanjay and Krishan Pal after finding them guilty under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) , 147 (rioting) and 148 (rioting with deadly weapons) of the IPC.
According to prosecutor Ashok Chouhan, Ashok Kumar was killed and several people were injured in a clash between two groups of the Thakur community over the issue of "personal enmity" at Umerpur village in Shamli district in October 2005.

Arvind Kumar pronounced all the six accused guilty and sentenced them to life.