All residents of Dhariwal Bage village, they were accused in the murder of Saroop Singh and Kewal Singh. The matter was related to a land dispute between two families in the village.
Additional district and session judge Parminder Pal Singh awarded life imprisonment to the 26 accused in the incident that took place on July 11, 2007.
On the statement of one of the deceased's brothers, a case under various sections of IPC was registered by police.
Majority of the accused were on bail but after conviction they all were sent to jail.