Jehanabad court in Bihar today awarded death penalty to 10 and sentenced three to life imprisonment in connection with the 1999 Senari massacre, which left 34 dead while the sentence for the remaining two accused, who have been absconding, will be pronounced later.
The court had last month convicted 15 people and acquitted 23 others in the case. The Outlawed Maoist Communist Centre, MCC had killed 34 persons of a particular caste on March 18, 1999.
The police had subsequently lodged an FIR against one Vyas Yadav alias Naresh Yadav and 500 unidentified persons. The charge sheet was filed against 74 accused persons in 2002 and the trial was held against 56 persons as 18 others were absconding.
Charges were later framed against 45 accused persons, two of whom died during pendency of the case, while five others went missing.