VARANASI, June 14 -- A fast-track court here sentenced all 16 men convicted in the murder case of BJP leader Pashupatinath Singh to life imprisonment on Friday. The court had found them guilty of the murder, which took place in Jaiprakash Nagar area of Varanasi in October 2022, a day ago. Additional district government counsel Manoj Gupta said, "The Fast-track Court-I of Additional District Judge Kuldeep Singh-II sentenced the 16 convicts to life imprisonment in the case of the murder of BJP leader Pashupatinath Singh." Singh was killed when he came to the rescue of his son Rajkumar Singh, who was attacked by a group of men as he forbade them to consume liquor near a liquor store in Jaiprakash Nagar area. The convicts include Vikas Bhardwaj, Mantu Saroj, Rahul Saroj, Manish Pandey, Ganesh Saroj, Abhishek Saroj, Dinesh Pal, Anoop Saroj, Suraj Yadav, Ramesh Pal, Anuj alias Babu Saroj, Shyam Babu Rajbhar, Vishal Rajbhar, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Suresh Saroj and Arya alias Akash Saroj. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 29,500 on each convict. In case of non-payment of fine, the convict must face an additional three-month imprisonment, added ADGC. Meanwhile, Rajkumar expressed satisfaction over the judgement. One of the convicts' counsel, who pleaded anonymity, said an appeal against the judgement would be filed in the High Court....