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A Muzaffarnagar court on Tuesday sentenced seven persons to death for killing a youth and injuring three others during a clash over a volleyball match in Harsauli village eight years ago. “Additional district and sessions judge Rajesh Bhardwaj awarded death sentence to seven persons. Advertising“On Monday, a local court of Muzaffarnagar sentenced Khaleel, Rehan and Shakil to 10 years in prison. The seven convicts served death sentences — Sadiq, Shahid, Arshad, Rashid, Sarfaraz, Farukh and Mumtaz — have been lodged in Muzaffarnagar jail since their arrests in 2010. The prosecution said that on February 25, 2010, two local residents — Khaleel and Sarfaraz — got into an argument while playing volleyball in the village..