A district court on Monday held three accused guilty in the 2014 Yug Gupta murder case. Four-year-old Yug Gupta was kidnapped and murdered four years ago.

District and Sessions Judge Virender Singh pronounced judgment in the case and convicted three accused, Chander Sharma, Tejender Singh and Vikrant, of murdering the child. The quantum of punishment will be announced on 13 August.

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The court had earlier fixed 6 August to pronounce judgment in the sensational kidnap-murder case that had rocked the state, resulting in protests and demonstrations.

Yug 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 accused allegedly sent a letter demanding ransom from the child’s father on 27 June, six days after they had killed the boy.

The accused had demanded a ransom of Rs 3.6 crore from the victim’s family and they had subsequently sent three more letters for ransom.

The police recovered the minor boy’s skeletal remains from the Shimla Municipal Corporation’s water storage tank in Kelston area on 22 August 2016.

The case was handed over to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) after the local police failed to solve it. On 22 August, 2016, the police announced breakthrough with the arrest of Chander Sharma, Tejender Singh and Vikrant.

The three accused were booked under sections 302, 201, 342, 364 A and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code. They are currently in judicial custody.