Ranchi, Dec 11 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of two Maoists convicted in the 2013 murder of six policemen, including Pakur SP Amarjit Balihar, into life imprisonment.

After hearing the appeals filed by Pravir Murmu and Santan Baskey, Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary commuted the death sentence given by the Dumka sessions court.

The death sentence was given on September 26, 2018, after which the convicts had challenged it before the high court.

A division bench of the HC on July 20 differed in its judgment. While Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay was in favour of acquitting the convicts due to a lack of evidence, Justice Sanjay Prasad affirmed the death sentence awarded.

The judgment was then posted before Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary for his considera

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