Nine persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court on Thursday in connection with the kidnapping of prominent doctor of Bihar's Sasaram town.
District and sessions judge Arun Kumar Srivastava also slapped a fine of rupees seven lakh on the prime accused Dipak Bandhu and rupees one lakh each on the eight others.
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The doctor, Shashi Kumar Sinha, was kidnapped from Tilauthu police station area in Rohtas district on February 7, 2006.
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