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A local court is likely to deliver its verdict on Monday on the quantum of sentence against 15 people,convicted for burning alive a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter at Mirchpur village in Haryana’s Hissar district last year.
“Case be listed for orders on sentence on October 31,” Additional Sessions judge Kamini Lau had said after hearing the arguments on sentence from the prosecution as well as the defence counsel.
The judge had also asked for a report of the probation officer of Hissar regarding seven of the 15 convicts,who were first-time offenders,after the defence counsel had said they would be entitled for the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act as they were not booked under provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The court had earlier acquitted 82 out of 97 accused in the case saying the allegations levelled against them were not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
The 15 convicts,belonging to Jat community,were held guilty for setting ablaze victim Tara Chand’s house,which caused the deaths on April 21. The incident took place after a dispute between Jat and Dalit community of the village.
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