Maruti-Manesar saga: 13 former workers sentenced for life

Four others get 5 years, 14 let off in case which claimed an executive's life, left several injured

Thirteen former workers of the country’s biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for violence at the company’s Manesar plant in July 2012 that claimed the life of a company executive and left several injured. Four other former workers have been sentenced to a five-year jail term by a sessions court in Gurgaon. 

The prosecution had sought capital punishment for the accused. 

The court had convicted 31 former workers of Maruti Suzuki on March 10, while acquitting 117 others due to lack of evidence. The sentence was pronounced on Saturday. 

Of the 31 convicted, the sentence