India, Aug. 20 -- KANPUR A special MP/MLA court in Auraiya on Wednesday sentenced former Samajwadi Party MLC Kamlesh Pathak and nine other accused to life imprisonment for the 2020 double murder of lawyer Manjul Chaubey and his cousin Sudha.

Earlier in the day, the court convicted all 10 accused of murder, attempt to murder and offences under the Arms Act. The sentence was pronounced after the court heard arguments on the quantum of punishment following the lunch break. Security was tightened around the court complex on Wednesday as the verdict and sentencing were delivered.

Pathak's brothers Santosh Pathak, a former block pramukh, and Ramu Pathak were among those sentenced. The other convicts were Kuldeep, Vikalp, Ashish Dubey, Lalla C...