Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has given the maximum penalty-- death to kidnappers and murderers of a young boy.
The incident had taken place in Hoshiarpur in Punjab and the Apex Court says the crime deserves the harshest possible sentence.
Taking a taking a strong note of the recent increase in kidnapping the court said: Kidnapping for ransom has become a lucrative and thriving industry all over the country and it must be dealt with in the harshest possible way. The obligation to get rid of this falls on the courts also and they must help.
A class nine student, Abhi Verma was kidnapped from Hoshiyarpur when he was on his way to school in 2005 . A ransom demand of Rs 50 lakhs was made. However, Abhi was subsequently murdered by the kidnappers for the fear of being identified.
The Supreme Court is looking at murder after kidnapping as the rarest of rare cases and want to send out a very strong signal to prevent such killings in future.
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