MEERUT, June 21 -- A Saharanpur court sentenced six members of a family, including a father-son duo, to life imprisonment in a 12-year-old murder case. The court also imposed a collective fine of Rs.1.62 lakh on the convicts.

The verdict was delivered on Friday by additional sessions judge Vikas Gupta, who relied on documentary evidence and eyewitness testimonies while dismissing the defence arguments. The court said though the case did not fall under the "rarest of rare" category to merit a death sentence, it warranted life imprisonment.

According to additional district government counsel (ADGC) Deepak Saini, the incident occurred in Amoli village under Rampur Maniharan police station on May 4, 2013, when a local resident, Dheer Singh,...