A local court in Delhi convicted only 15 out of 97 accused of burning alive a 70 year old man and his 17 year old physically challenged daughter in the village of Mirchpur in Haryana last year. 82 accused were acquitted in the past hearing. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau, however, did not held guilty either of the 15 accused on charges of murder. The court held the 15 accused guilty on the grounds of arson, rioting while the main conspirators consisting of Kulwinder, Ramphal and Rajender were convicted under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC for setting ablaze the house of Tara Chand on April 21.

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