<p class="title">The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of 15 persons belonging to the dominant Jat community against their conviction and sentencing in a case of burning alive a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter at Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district in 2010.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta said even after 71 years of Independence atrocities on Scheduled Castes community has shown no signs of abating.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court also directed the Haryana government to rehabilitate families belonging to the Dalit community who were displaced after the 2010 incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The high court pronounced the verdict on the appeal of 15 persons challenging their conviction and sentence by a trial court in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victims and the police had also appealed in the high court seeking enhancement of punishment awarded to the convicts and acquittal of others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The trial court had on September 24, 2011, convicted 15 of 97 men belonging to the Jat community.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The house of Tara Chand was set on fire resulting in burning alive of the father and daughter on April 21, 2010 after a dispute between Jat and Dalit community of the village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On October 31, 2011, the trial court had sentenced Kulwinder, Dharambir and Ramphal to life imprisonment for committing unintentional killing under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five others -- Baljeet, Karamveer, Karampal, Dharambir and Bobal -- were handed down jail term of five years for their offences including rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, mischief and putting ablaze victims' houses and provisions of SC/ST (POA) Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seven others, convicted under milder penal provisions, were released on probation by the trial court, which had earlier acquitted 82 out of 97 accused in the case. </p>
<p class="title">The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of 15 persons belonging to the dominant Jat community against their conviction and sentencing in a case of burning alive a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter at Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district in 2010.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta said even after 71 years of Independence atrocities on Scheduled Castes community has shown no signs of abating.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court also directed the Haryana government to rehabilitate families belonging to the Dalit community who were displaced after the 2010 incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The high court pronounced the verdict on the appeal of 15 persons challenging their conviction and sentence by a trial court in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victims and the police had also appealed in the high court seeking enhancement of punishment awarded to the convicts and acquittal of others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The trial court had on September 24, 2011, convicted 15 of 97 men belonging to the Jat community.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The house of Tara Chand was set on fire resulting in burning alive of the father and daughter on April 21, 2010 after a dispute between Jat and Dalit community of the village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On October 31, 2011, the trial court had sentenced Kulwinder, Dharambir and Ramphal to life imprisonment for committing unintentional killing under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five others -- Baljeet, Karamveer, Karampal, Dharambir and Bobal -- were handed down jail term of five years for their offences including rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, mischief and putting ablaze victims' houses and provisions of SC/ST (POA) Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seven others, convicted under milder penal provisions, were released on probation by the trial court, which had earlier acquitted 82 out of 97 accused in the case. </p>