A court in Kushtia on Tuesday sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment in a case over the 2013 murder of Saheb Ali in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia.
Judge of the District and Sessions Judge Court-2 Nadira Sultana delivered the verdict in the afternoon with the convicts standing in the dock.
The convicts are Mozammel Hossain, 73, Ainuddin, 68, Aktar Hossain, 43, Sabu, 41, Sohag, 38, Shariful Islam, 43, Bipul, 34, Badaruddin, 68, Afsar Sheikh, 65, Sumin, 38, Selim, 41, and Abu, 37. They were also fined Tk 20,000 each.
All are residents of Char-Chapra village in the upazila.
The court also sentenced Zulu, 38, and Rahul, 34, to two years of rigorous imprisonment and fined them Tk 5,000 each, said state counsel Advocate Monir Hossain.
Seven other accused were acquitted as the charges against them could not be proved.
According to the prosecution, Saheb Ali was murdered on the night of February 25, 2013, following a dispute over social dominance and land.
His body was later dumped near a banana orchard in Char-Chapra village.
Victim's younger brother Ahmed Ali alias Akam Ali filed a murder case with Kumarkhali Police Station over the incident.
After investigation, Inspector Kazi Kamal Hossain submitted a charge sheet to the court on September 30, 2013, against 21 people.