Silchar, April 25 -- A special court in Assam's Nagaon on Friday sentenced 20 accused to rigorous imprisonment for life in connection with a mob lynching incident in 2018 in Karbi Anglong district that killed two men.

District and sessions judge Dibyajyoti Mahanta, while pronouncing the judgment, said the court found that the 20 accused committed the crime and that "their intention was evident as they had brutally assaulted the two youths till their death."

However, the court refused the prosecution's appeal for the death penalty, stating that the case does not fall under the category of the "rarest of rare".

"Having held thus, the only punishment that can be imposed by this court is life imprisonment with fine for the offence u/s 302/...