Hajipur (Bihar), Jun 2 A court in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Tuesday sentenced five members of a family, including an 84-year-old man, to rigorous imprisonment in a 34-year-old attempt to murder case.
District and Additional Sessions Judge-I Manoj Kumar Tiwari awarded 10 years of imprisonment each to four convicts, while octogenarian Deepa Rai was sentenced to three years in prison. However, Rai was granted provisional bail due to his old age.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of the five convicts-Deepa Rai, Jagdish Rai, Naresh Rai, Nagdev Rai and Nakeshwar Rai.
“The convictions were made under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including Sections 148 and 307, as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. The court granted provisional bail to the elderly convict Deepa Rai,” Additional Public Prosecutor Khwaja Hasan Khan said.
The case relates to an incident that occurred on November 10, 1992, in Jurawanpur village.
Adalat Rai and his wife, Ramsakhi Devi, were sitting outside their house when Deepa Rai and his family members reached there with arms and began scattering broken glass on a pathway. When the couple objected, they were assaulted and later shot at, resulting in injuries.
Police submitted the chargesheet in March 1993, and charges were formally framed on June 17, 1999.
During the prolonged trial, four of the accused died.
