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Five get life sentence for setting minor girl ablaze

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Press Trust of India Sagar (MP)
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 2:34 PM IST

The court slapped a fine of Rs 1,000 on each one of them and also ordered trial of a minor boy involved in the case in the Juvenile Justice Board.

Second Additional District judge J P Singh passed the sentence on Ashok Kuchbandia, Mohammad Khan, Suraj Raikwar, Mukundi Ahirwar and Halkai Ahirwar all residents of Shahgarh town, public prosecutor Ramawtar Tiwari told reporters.

The accused had a dispute with the victim's father, Harishankar Vishwakarma, over an agriculture land, following which they had set his 16-year-old daughter ablaze.

  

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