VARANASI, Dec. 6 -- A court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district on Saturday sentenced five convicts to life in a 13-year-old murder case. Confirming this, district government counsel (criminal) MS Chauhan said the court of additional district judge/special judge, POCSO Act, court number-II Nitin Pandey sentenced Bunty Singh alias Raj Singh, Pintu Singh alias Dilip, Vikram Pratap Singh alias Golu, Bhanu Keshari alias Golu and Tej Narayan Singh alias Saltu Singh to life imprisonment in the Pushkar Shukla murder case.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.15,000 each on the convicts. Two other accused, Dharmendra Singh alias Dinu and Rahul Srivastava, were acquitted due to lack of evidence.

Chauhan said one Abhishek Shukla, a resident of Sh...