The main freedom fighters involved in the Kakori conspiracy case (a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Alamnagar, near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925) were Swaran Singh (Bhagat Singh's uncle), Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Durga Bhabhi, Roshan Singh, Sachindra Bakshi, Chandra sekhar Azad, Vishnu Sharan Dublish, Keshab Chakra varthy, Banwari Lal, Mukundi Lal, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Manmathnath Gupta. While some people were arrested and then detained, Swaran Singh, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri and Roshan Singh were awarded death sentences.