A district court on Tuesday deferred verdict in the case of a minor who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered four years ago.
The district and sessions judge Virender Singh deferred the verdict in the case till 26 July.
The court has earlier fixed 24 July to pronounce judgment in the sensational murder case which had created ripples across the state, resulting in protests and demonstrations.
The minor was allegedly kidnapped from outside his house in busy Ram Bazar area of Shimla on 14 June, 2014. He was allegedly killed seven days after the abduction even before the first ransom call was made to his parents. The police recovered the minor boy’s skeletal remains from Shimla Municipal Corporation’s water storage tank in Kelston area on 22 August 2016.
The case was handed over to Crime Investigation Department (CID) after the local police failed to solve the case and on 22 August, 2016, the cops announced breakthrough with the arrest of Chander Sharma, Tejinder Singh and Vikrant.
The three accused were booked under Sections 302, 201, 342, 364 A and 120 B of IPC and they are presently lodged in jail pending trial.