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SHIMLA: In sensational Yuga Gupta kidnapping and murder case , all three convicts were awarded Capital punishment by the Court of District and Session Judge, Shimla, Virender Singh. On August 6, Court had held them guilty of kidnapping or abducting for murder, wrongful confinement to extort property and causing disappearance of evidence of offence. Court on Wednesday pronounced death penalty to them.Yug Gupta (4) was kidnapped on June 14, 2014 from Shimla and his skeletal remains were recovered from a water tank at Keleston area of Shimla on August 22, 2016. In the wake of pronouncement of sentence, tight security arrangements were made outside the Court premises on Wednesday.Yug Gupta was kidnapped on June 14, 2014 from Dwarkagarh building at Ram Bazaar Shimla. Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by DSP (Crime) Dhan Sukh Dutta carried the investigation.During Investigation accused Chander Sharma (26), Tejinder Pal (29) and Vikrant Bakshi (22) all residents of Shimla were arrested on August 22, 2016 on the charged of kidnapping and murdering Yug Gupta..