Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 13 A fast-track court here on Thursday sentenced four people to death in the 12-year-old murder case, officials said.
Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar also imposed a fine of Rs 1.70 lakh on the convicts -- Ramvir, Rajiv, Rahul and Harender Kumar -- after holding them guilty for the murder of Pawan Kumar.
Government lawyer Kuldeep Kumar told PTI that the accused had entered Kumar's house and opened fire during an attack allegedly stemming from old enmity at Bhabhisa village under Kandhla police station in Shamli district on July 14, 2014.
Kumar was killed in the firing, while his brother Ashok Kumar sustained bullet injuries. Ashok had lodged a complaint in connection with the incident.
The court pronounced the sentence after finding the four accused guilty of the offences.