Gonda(UP), Apr 21 (PTI) A court here on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a five-year-old murder case.

Government Advocate Basant Kumar Shukla said the sessions court convicted Krishna Kumar Kaushal for the murder of Mantu in November 2018 in Wazirganj area of the district.

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Krishna Kumar Kaushal and Rakesh Kaushal were made accused in the case. Police later filed a chargesheet in the case, Shukla said.

The court convicted Krishna Kumar Kaushal but acquitted Rakesh Kaushal for lack of evidence. Krishna Kumar Kaushal was also slapped with a fine of Rs 30,000.

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