Eight persons sentenced to lifer in two murder cases

Eight persons were today sentenced to lifer by the courts in Bihar's Patna and Munger districts in two murder cases.
In Patna, the Additional District and Session judge Vijendra Kumar Rai convicted three persons to lifer and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on each after finding them guilty in the murder case of Ajit Kumar Jha four years ago.
According to prosecution, the convicted persons Vijay Singh, Niraj Kumar Singh and Ramanuj Singh had shot dead Jha and dumped his body in a field after abducting him from his house in Vaikunthpur village under Khushrupur police station area in Patna district on October 3, 2009.

In a related judgement in Munger district, the Special judge L.L. Srivastava sentenced five persons - Rupesh Yadav, Varun Yadav, Kisto Yadav, Sunil Yadav and Pappu Yadav to lifer and imposed fine of Rs. 10,000 on each after finding them guilty of the murder of one Gautam Yadav on October 29, 2007 in Taufir village under Mufassil police station area following a land dispute between them.
The victim's brother Gajendra Yadav had lodged a named FIR against the five convicted persons charging them with the murder case of his elder brother.