In Bihar, at least 34 people were sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday by local courts in three separate cases of murder in Madhepura and Gopalganj districts. In Rohtas, a fast-track court of Yogesh Narain Singh found 12 persons guilty of murdering two persons at Jeevaspur village on March 3, 2002. The court awarded life-term to all the 12. Additional District and Sessions judge Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav pronounced 15 persons guilty of killing Ramesh Jha at Bela Sadi village on August 18, 1988 and sentenced them to life imprisonment. A fast-track court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Bipin Bihari Mishra held seven persons responsible for thrashing to death two brothers at Amawa Vijaypur village under Kuchaikot Police station in the Gopalganj district on March 30, 1994. Mishra sentenced the convicts to life imprisonment and slapped a fine of 10,000 rupees on each of the convicts.