Seven people who were charged with illegally imprisoning 11 petitioners from Henan Province will serve prison sentences of one to two years, after the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court recently upheld the original verdict and rejected a further civil compensation appeal from the petitioners.

The intermediate court also supported the previous ruling regarding the compensation from Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court that the accused had to pay each petitioner between 1,300 yuan ($208) to 2,400 yuan in compensation, the Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.

Wang Gaowei, 43, and Fu Chaoxin hired nine men ranging in age from 17 to 32 from Yuzhou, Henan Province.

They rented two courtyards in Wangsiying township in Beijing's Chaoyang district to imprison the petitioners from Henan.

Four petitioners were taken to the courtyards in Chaoyang district around 10 pm on April 28, 2012, and the next day they were sent back to Henan.

During the illegal detention, two petitioners suffered facial soft tissue injuries and lacerations to their lips.

The four petitioners later returned to Beijing and reported their treatment to police.

Beijing police soon arrested Wang and another nine accomplices, releasing seven more people illegally imprisoned at the courtyards.

Prosecutors charged the 10 suspects with the crime of false imprisonment, and 10 out of the 11 victims appealed for civil compensation from 100,000 to 610,000 yuan.

On February 5, Chaoyang district court considered the suspects had infringed on the personal rights of the 11 petitioners, constituting the crime of false imprisonment.

The court ruled Wang and the adult accomplices should serve one- to two-year jail sentences, and the three minors received suspended sentences of six to 10 months.

After considering the documents provided by petitioners, the district court only ordered the accused to compensate the 10 petitioners from 1,300 yuan to 2,400 yuan.

Both the convicted men and the victims said they would file appeals after the February sentence.

During recent court hearings at the intermediate court, the convicted men agreed to withdraw their appeal and accept the original sentence.