Nine people were awarded life imprisonment today by a local court for kidnapping and killing a restaurant owner three years ago.
Additional District Judge of Patna City court Suniti Kumar Singh found the nine guilty in the kidnapping of a restaurant owner for ransom in February 2010 and awarded life sentence to them.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them.
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The restaurant owner Bhagwat Neta was kidnapped from Kumhrar area of the city on February 21, 2010. His body was recovered eight days later from Danapur area.
In another case, a Hajipur resident was given seven years imprisonment in a case of rape in Shashtrinagar area here last year.
Judicial Magistrate Kailash Kumar Mahtha also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.
