MEERUT, Aug. 19 -- The Bulandshahr district and sessions court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to 12 accused in the 2012 Wahid Gazi murder case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 on each convict.

According to district government advocate (criminal) Rahul Upadhyay, the case dates back to August 21, 2012, when an old rivalry between Raees, a resident of Rukansarai locality, and the sons of Mohd Yusuf, who lived in the same neighbourhood, turned violent. On the fateful day, Yusuf's sons Farid, Asif, Shahzad and Kasim allegedly attacked Raees's relative Azad, a resident of Khurja, leaving him grievously injured.

A case was registered against them at the Nagar Kotwali police station. Three days later, on August 24, 2012, the ri...