P&H: Reduces Sentence of Five Men Convicted in 1998 Arson Case to Time Already Served
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reduced the sentences of five men convicted over an attack on a family tomb and adjoining property in Hisar district in 1998. The Court upheld their convictions but ruled that the time they had already spent in prison was sufficient.
The prosecution case was that the men damaged the boundary wall of a tomb in village Chaudhriwas, destroyed trees and plants, and set rooms on fire. The trial court convicted them under Sections 147, 427 and 436 of the Indian Penal Code and imposed, among other sentences, five years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section...
