AGRA, Aug. 13 -- A serving and a retired policemen were sentenced for life by the district and sessions judge, Etah, on Wednesday for the custodial death of a man during panchayat elections in a village in Etah district in 2005. Two other accused policemen, deputed at Jainthra police station of Etah back then, died during the pendency of the case. Etah district and sessions judge Rakesh Dhar Dubey passed the verdict in an open court sentencing the two-Mahaveer Singh (currently posted in Hathras) and Gajraj Singh (now retired)-for life. He also imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 each on them after holding them guilty for charges under section 302/24 (murder with common intention by multiple accused) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused cops were also held guilty under IPC sections 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), 342 (wrongful confinement), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) with punishment imparted thereof. The case was initially filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate at Etah against four policemen namely Manish Yadav, Mahavir Singh, Midhai Lal and Gajraj Singh. The then police station in charge of Jainthra Manish Yadav and retired constable Midhai Lal died during the pendency of the case. The matter relates to Etah's Bahgo village where one Ativeer Singh lodged a complaint on August 28, 2005 alleging that during panchayat polls, accused police station incharge Manish Yadav, Mahavir Singh, Midhai Lal and S-I Gajraj Singh took along his brother Muhar Pal aka Munna to police station on August 26, 2005. He alleged that Munna was beaten to death at the police station at the behest of some influential villagers....