India, Oct. 29 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court order, sentencing five men to seven-year jail terms for culpable homicide in connection with the death of a 22-year-old man during the 2020 Delhi riots.

In its verdict on Tuesday, justice Madhu Jain dismissed the appeals filed by convicts Aman Kashyap, Devinder Kumar, Pradeep Rai, Ashish alias Goli, and Arun Kumar against their conviction, observing that the evidence established "more than the mere presence" of the five men among the crowd.

"In the present case, the evidence establishes more than the mere presence of the appellants in a crowd. PW-10 identified all five appellants at the forefront of the armed mob, exhorting others to assault the deceased. The dec...