India, Aug. 24 -- A Pune court on Friday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of their 60-year-old relative, holding that they killed her with an iron rod as part of a conspiracy to frame rivals in a local feud.

Additional Sessions Judge R N Hiwase convicted Ajinath Bhosale, 30, and Akash Chavan, 19, both residents of Khutalevasti in Wade Bolhai, Haveli taluka, under sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy), read with section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

A third accused, Thanlal Bhosale, died during the trial and proceedings against him were abated.

The court sentenced the two to rigorous imprisonment for life and fined them Rs.1,000 each. In default, they will undergo two mon...