Shimla, Sept. 14 -- A court has sentenced a man from Paonta Sahib to a five-year jail term for the attempted murder of 11 people at a marriage function. The conviction came after the court found the man guilty of deliberately running over the victims with his car.

"... it is proved beyond doubt that convict Mahender Singh had made an attack with clear motive and intention with which he dashed his car against the persons participating on the occasion of the wedding of Gurjeet Singh and his repeated act of trying to run over the persons in the crowd during 'jago' ceremony itself attributes the requisite knowledge and intention that he might cause grievous injuries to the persons and that death of someone may also be caused due to the perso...