INDIA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGER

two men and a woman were sentenced to death by a court in Hoshiarpur, India, for murdering a 16-year-old schoolboy on February 14, 2005. Handing down the death sentence to Vikram Walia, Jasbir Singh and his wife Sonia, district and sessions judge G.K. Rai observed that the murder fell in the category of 'rarest of rare cases' as the three had premeditated the kidnapping of the boy, Abhi Verma.
The three were held guilty of kidnapping and murdering Abhi while he was in their custody.
Abhi's kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs.5 million from his family. Even as negotiations were on, his naked body was dumped near Adampur.
Vikram, Jasbir and his wife had planned the crime to become rich. However, things went out of their hands after the tranquilizer shot administered to the boy proved fatal.