The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday converted the death sentence awarded to two accused in the 2014 murder case of a four-year-old boy, Yug, to life imprisonment, while acquitting the third of all charges.

While passing this judgment, a Special Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Rakesh Kainthla observed that “the appeal filed by accused Tejinder Pal Singh is allowed and he is acquitted of the charged offences, whereas the appeals filed by Chander Sharma and Vikrant Bakshi are partly allowed and they are acquitted of the commission of offences punishable under Sections 347 and 364A of the IPC and the sentence of death imposed upon them by the trial court is ordered to be converted to life imprisonment, which will mean natural life

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