MUZAFFARNAGAR: A local court has sentenced five individuals, including two siblings, to life imprisonment for the murder of a dairy owner that occurred three years ago.
The verdict was delivered by Additional District Sessions Judge Divya Bhargav on Tuesday.
The court found Adil and Shakib (brothers), along with Arif, Zulfikar and Ziaul guilty of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, resulting in life sentences for all five accused, according to government counsel Neeraj Malik's statement on Wednesday.
Additionally, each convict has been ordered to pay a fine of Rs 15,000, he added.
According to Malik, the dairy owner was fatally shot at his establishment in Rasulpur village, which falls under the Budhana police station jurisdiction, due to previous hostilities on May 9, 2021.
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