Mohali, Nov. 3 -- A local court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for stabbing a 20-year-old street vendor to death after he refused to give them cigarettes on credit.

The victim, Prince, ran a lemonade stall in Sector 82, while his father operated a cigarette stall next to it.

On October 21, 2021, one of the convicts, Bhupinder Singh alias Babli, visited the stall to buy cigarettes. Prince's father, Mukhtiar Singh, asked him to first clear his outstanding dues of around Rs.500. Enraged, Bhupinder manhandled and abused Mukhtiar, forcing Prince and his brother-in-law, Abhay Kumar, to intervene.

Although Bhupinder left after the intervention, he later returned with his associate, Rinku Singh. According to the prosecution, Bhupin...