LUCKNOW, March 19 -- A special court in Lucknow has sentenced three active members of the banned CPI (Maoist) to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment each in a case related to a 2010 conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India, senior police officials said in a press note on Thursday.

The convicted individuals have been identified as Shivraj Singh Bagdawal, Rajendra Kumar alias Arvind, and Kripashankar alias Manoj. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.29,000 on each of them.

According to the Uttar Pradesh ATS officials, the trio was actively involved in holding clandestine meetings across various cities in the state, aimed at spreading extremist ideology and conspiring to incite violence and wage war against the country. The accu...