The attackers had set one Veeri Singh on fire on April 26, 2005 as he was not repaying the loan of Rs 4,000 taken from them. (Representational image)
Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment while a third is facing trial in a juvenile court in connection with the murder case committed ten years ago.
Additional District Judge VK Lal, on the basis of dying declaration of the deceased Veeri Singh, the motive of the accused, medical report, post mortem report and witnesses, sentenced Fauran Singh and his relative Pinki to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each.
"The convicts would undergo for further imprisonment of two years in case of default in payment of the fine," the judge said in the ruling delivered on Monday.
Fauran Singh, Pinki and juvenile Ganeshi, son of Fauran Singh, (all residents of village Nagla Hansi) were named in the FIR filed by Pratap Singh, the son of the deceased, alleging that all the three had set his father on fire.
The attackers doused Veeri Singh with petrol and then set him on fire on April 26, 2005 on the outskirt of the village when he was going to ease himself as he was not repaying the loan of Rs 4,000 taken from them.
He was taken to Bareli hospital where he succumbed to injuries after eight days, Assistant government counsel Madan Gopal Pandey said.
Since Ganeshi was a juvenile at the time of the murder, the proceedings of his case are going on in a juvenile court in Mathura, Mr Pandey said.