Darbhanga Firing Case: Justice After 32 Years, 5 Including Lawyer Get Life Sentence

• Darbhanga Civil Court sentenced five convicts, including a prominent lawyer and former public prosecutor, to life imprisonment in a 1994 firing case.
• The case involved a long-standing dispute over cremation ground and public access road between Patori and Basant villages, which turned violent on August 8, 1994.
• Two people died and several were injured in the firing incident that stemmed from a dispute over watering buffaloes.
• Prominent names like advocate Amber Imam Hasmi and former public prosecutor Kaushar Imam Hasmi were among those convicted and fined five lakh rupees each.
• The verdict, delivered after a 32-year legal battle, sends a strong message that no profession or position is above the law.

Why It Matters: After 32 years, justice was served in the Darbhanga firing case, with five convicts receiving life sentences.