The MP-MLA court in Bhadohi district sentenced Vijay Mishra and five others to two years in prison for threatening Ramkrishna Pandey in 2002. Mishra, involved in 86 criminal cases and already convicted in four, is currently imprisoned in Agra. The court also imposed fines on the accused.
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