AMRITSAR, Sept. 17 -- A local court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to 15 people convicted in a 2016 murder case, while one was declared a proclaimed offender (PO).

Additional sessions judge Sanjeev Kundi has delivered judgment in a decade-old case, convicting Shahid alias Baba, Sukhpal Singh alias Shiva, Aman Kumar alias Aman, Mukesh Kumar alias Gicky, Darshan Singh, Simranjit Singh alias Kaka, Saurav alias Kattu, Jagroshan Singh, Shiva, Suraj Malhotra, Saraj Singh, Arun Kumar, Sagar alias Bobby Malhotra, Dharminder Singh and Jaskaran Singh. Pawan alias Tamba was declared a proclaimed offender (PO), said Saurabh Changotra, the legal counsel representing the victim's side.

The court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment unde...