A local court has sentenced Munna Singh to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 11,000 for the murder of Kripashankar Singh, committed in July last year. Three other accused were acquitted due to insufficient evidence.

A local court here has sentenced Munna Singh to life imprisonment in connection with the year-old murder case of Kripashankar Singh.

The court additionally imposed a fine of Rs 11,000 on the convict.

Kripashankar was brutally attacked in July last year, which led to his demise and resulted in a murder case being filed against Munna Singh and three others at Nagra police station, according to an official statement.

After thorough investigation, the police submitted a charge sheet against all four accused. Superintendent of Police of Ballia, Devranjan Verma, confirmed, ''After hearing arguments from both sides, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Gyanprakash Tiwari convicted Munna Singh and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 11,000.'' The other three accused were acquitted due to lack of sufficient evidence, he added.

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