Sharjah, November 15: The hearing on a civil case against the seventeen Indian men who were earlier spared from death sentence for killing a Pakistani man in January 2009, began. The 17 Indians are now involved in a case of compensation claim filed by two men who were injured in a January 2009 bootlegging brawl. Both the parties were unable to reach a conclusion as the “reconciliation failed”. Earlier, a fresh civil case was filed against the 17 Indians as they refused to offer compensation to the two injured in the incident – Mushtaq Ahmed and his brother Shahad Iqbal. The 17 men, 16 from Punjab and one from Haryana, had been sentenced to death by a Shariat court in Sharjah March 2010. They were convicted of murdering Misri Khan, and injuring three others January 2009, following a fight over illegal liquor business. 
The murder took place in Al Sajaa area of Sharjah. The victim, who died of stab wounds, had also suffered brain damage, police had said. The Sharjah Court earlier waived the capital punishment and reduced the jail term to two years followed by deportation for each of the Indian nationals after members of the Indian community in Dubai deposited “blood money” in a court in Sharjah earlier to secure a pardon for them. But they were not allowed to move from the jail as the prosecution referred the Sharjah appeal court’s judgment to the Federal Supreme Court. ‘The civil court adjourned the case for next hearing on December 18,’ advocate Bindu S. Chettur was quoted as saying to Khaleej Times.
The murder took place in Al Sajaa area of Sharjah. The victim, who died of stab wounds, had also suffered brain damage, police had said. The Sharjah Court earlier waived the capital punishment and reduced the jail term to two years followed by deportation for each of the Indian nationals after members of the Indian community in Dubai deposited “blood money” in a court in Sharjah earlier to secure a pardon for them. But they were not allowed to move from the jail as the prosecution referred the Sharjah appeal court’s judgment to the Federal Supreme Court. ‘The civil court adjourned the case for next hearing on December 18,’ advocate Bindu S. Chettur was quoted as saying to Khaleej Times.