NEW DELHI: An area court docket on Thursday sentenced one particular person to demise and awarded life imprisonment to 9 others for the homicide dedicated throughout communal violence final 12 months in Maharajganj city throughout a Durga idol immersion procession.The violence passed off on October 13 final 12 months, when 21-year-old Ramgopal Mishra was shot useless as a communal conflict erupted within the mixed-population space of Maharajganj. The incident triggered widespread stress in Mahsi, Maharajganj and components of Bahraich metropolis. Giant-scale vandalism and arson had been reported the following day, prompting an in depth police response. House Secretary Sanjeev Gupta and STF Chief and ADG (Regulation & Order) Amitabh Yash had been rushed to revive order, whereas web providers had been suspended and heavy deployment of PAC, RRF, STF and police forces from neighboring districts was made.13 folks had been named as accused within the FIR. Two of them had been killed in a police encounter whereas fleeing, and the remaining had been arrested over time. A chargesheet in opposition to all 13 was filed on January 11, 2025, and fees had been framed on February 18.District Authorities Counsel (Felony) Girish Chandra Shukla stated the court docket of Further Periods Choose, First, Pawan Kumar Sharma had on December 9 convicted Sarfaraz, Abdul Hameed, Mohammad Talib, Faheem, Zeeshan, Mohammad Saif, Javed, Soeb Khan, Nankau and Maroof Ali. Khurshid, Shakeel and Afzal had been acquitted for lack of proof.On Thursday, the decide sentenced Sarfaraz, the person who fired the deadly shot, to demise and awarded life imprisonment to the remaining 9 convicts. Shukla stated the sentences relate to the homicide cost, and that imprisonment and fines have additionally been imposed underneath different offences.All 13 accused had been booked underneath the Nationwide Safety Act based mostly on the police investigation report. NSA proceedings had been invoked in opposition to 5 in March 2025 and in opposition to eight others in September. Saif and Shoeb, who had been out on bail, had been remanded to custody once more after their conviction on December 9.Following the killing, chief minister Yogi Adityanath met Mishra’s household in Lucknow, assured them of justice, and prolonged monetary help together with a authorities job to the sufferer’s widow.