{"id":49638,"date":"2017-09-01T08:28:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49638"},"modified":"2017-09-01T08:28:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:58:33","slug":"panchayat-poll-violence-2-sentenced-life-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/panchayat-poll-violence-2-sentenced-life-murder","title":{"rendered":"UP panchayat poll violence: 2 sentenced to life for murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47349\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/life-term-for-murder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-life-term-murder\/life-term-for-murder\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/life-term-for-murder.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"life term for murder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/life-term-for-murder.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/life-term-for-murder.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UP panchayat poll violence: 2 sentenced to life for murder\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/life-term-for-murder.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/life-term-for-murder.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UP panchayat poll violence: 2 sentenced to life for murder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Muzaffarnagar<\/b>\u00a0court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murdering a youth during the 2010 panchayat poll in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>Additional district sessions judge Umesh Chandra also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts &#8212; Tehran and his nephew Ikram.<\/p>\n<p>The duo shot dead Abid when he protested against alleged irregularities at a polling booth at Jahanpura village under Kairana police station of Shamli district on October 14, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muzaffarnagar\u00a0court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murdering a youth during the 2010 panchayat poll in Uttar Pradesh. Additional district sessions judge Umesh Chandra also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts &#8212; Tehran and his nephew Ikram. 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