India, Sept. 23 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence handed down to three convicts by a sessions court to life term for kidnapping and murdering four-year-old Yug in 2014.

A special division bench of justice Vivek Singh Thakur and justice Rakesh Kainthala ruled that all three convicts, Chander Sharma, 26, Tejinder Pal, 29, and Vikrant Bakshi, 22, would remain in jail till their last breath.

The case had been referred to the high court by the Shimla sessions judge for confirmation of capital punishment, while the convicts filed an appeal challenging their conviction.

The detailed order is awaited.

In September 2018, Shimla district and sessions judge Virender Singh had termed the crime rarest of rar...