Rohtak, Aug. 28 -- A local court in Fatehabad on Wednesday sentenced six persons to life imprisonment for allegedly killing a man with sticks at Chaubara village in the district two years ago.

Fatehabad district and sessions Judge Deepak Aggarwal convicted six persons- Shishpal, his two sons- Shalinder, Uttam Singh alias Suresh, Sandeep, Satbir, all residents of Chaubara village in the district and Aakash of Mirzapur in Hisar. The accused were convicted under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement), 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the India Penal Code. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs.15,000 on eac...