Archive · 25 Sep 2025
Family Protests Court Verdict in 2014 Yug Gupta Murder
In 2014, a four-year-old boy named Yug Gupta was kidnapped and killed in Shimla.
A court initially gave the death penalty to three people.
Recently, the High Court changed the decision.
The court let one person go free and changed the punishment for the other two from death to life in prison.
Yug's family is very upset with this decision because they believe the court was not fair.
They are protesting by wearing blindfolds to show that they feel the law is blind.
The family is planning to take the case to the Supreme Court, as they believe justice has not been served.
Family protested in Shimla against High Court verdict.
The High Court acquitted one convict, reduced the sentences of two others.
Yug Gupta was kidnapped and murdered in 2014.
The original court awarded death to the three convicts.
Family plans to appeal the High Court decision to the Supreme Court.
- Who
- Family of Yug Gupta, convicts, and high court.
- What
- Protests against the high court's verdict in the 2014 Yug Gupta kidnapping and murder case.
- When
- The protest occurred after the High Court verdict on September 23rd.
- Where
- Shimla, India.
- Why
- The family disagrees with the court's decision to acquit one convict and reduce the sentences of two others.
- Victim
- Yug Gupta, 4 years old
- Crime Date
- June 14, 2014
- Location
- Shimla, India
- Convicts
- Chander Sharma, Vikrant Bakshi
- Acquitted
- Tajinder Pal Singh
- Sentencing (Original)
- Death penalty
- Sentencing (Appellate)
- Life imprisonment (Sharma, Bakshi), Acquittal (Singh)