PRAYAGRAJ, May 14 -- A special MP-MLA court in Prayagraj on Wednesday sentenced jailed mafia-don and former four-time MLA Vijay Mishra and three others to life imprisonment in a 46-year-old murder case linked to a daylight shooting inside the district court campus. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh each on all four convicts.

The court had convicted Mishra along with Jeet Narayan, Santram and Balram, on Tuesday for allegedly gunning down 35-year-old Prakash Narayan Pandey in the district court premises on February 11, 1980. The quantum of sentence was pronounced on Wednesday. Mishra is a former MLA from the Gyanpur assembly constituency in Bhadohi district.

According to case details, Pandey, a university student, had arrived at ...