Maruti Suzuki case: 13 given life sentence for violence at Manesar plant in 2012
A local court in Gurgaon sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment...in connection with the murder of a Maruti Suzuki manager, who was killed after violence and rioting at India’s largest carmaker’s plant in Manesar in 2012...Four other accused were given 5-year imprisonment and most of them have already served about 4 years in the jail. Fourteen more accused of rioting would be fined and released...Eighteen others were convicted under various sections for voluntary causing hurt (323), destruction of property (427), rioting (147 IPC) and rioting armed with deadly weapons (148 IPC) and other sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The defence lawyers said they would challenge the sentence in the Punjab and Haryana high court.