On December 4, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Patna sentenced three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres to rigorous imprisonment for 10 to 12 years after convicting them in a 2012 arms and ammunition seizure case, reports The Week. Udit Narayan Singh and Akhilesh Singh have each been sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment with a Rs 5,000 fine. Arjun Ji has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and has been fined Rs 5,000, a NIA spokesperson said. The official said that all three will be liable for an additional three months of simple imprisonment in case of default in payment of the fine. The trio were charged by the NIA under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the Arms Act, and the Explosive Substances Act. The Aurangabad town police initially registered the case on March 26, 2012, a day after raids were conducted at the houses of the three accused. The raids followed secret inputs that some active cadres of the CPI-Maoist had assembled in Aurangabad to execute a terror plot, the spokesperson said.