Nearly five years after they hacked to death a woman by branding her as a witch,the District and Sessions Court in Palamau today awarded life imprisonment to all the five accused, N Chourasia,S Chourasia,Manoj Chourasia,Ajay Chourasia and Audhesh Chourasia

The chargesheet filed by the police accused them of murdering the woman by dubbing her as a witch on June 14,2008.