Six criminals sentenced under Arms Act

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:40 [IST]

Patna, Mar 14 (UNI) A local court here today awarded five years of regorous imprisonment to six persons besides fine of Rs 5,000 to each convict under Arms Act.

All the six convicts are also facing trial in the much-hyped murder case of former DIG of police Anil Kumar Singh.

The first class judicial magistrate of Patna, K M Tiwary, found Ranjit Kumar, Mannu Kumar, Ajay Kumar Yadav, Kallu alias Ghanshyam Pandit, Subodh Kumar and Amit Kumar guilty for possessing illegal arms and ammunition.

According to the charges, in a train dacoity last year between Rajendranagar Terminal and Patna Junction, former DIG of police, Mr Singh, was shot dead when he tried to resist the criminals.

During investigation, police arrested the convicts and recovered illegal arms and ammunition from their possession. Police had registered a seperate case under the Arms Act. Hearing of the dacoity case is pending now.

UNI

Topics: LAW-BIHAR-ARMS-SENTENCE

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