New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) A Delhi court has awarded life sentence to two men convicted for forcibly making a 17-year-old boy ingest acid in 2017, saying the diabolical and brutal act called for maximum punishment.

Additional Sessions Judge Shunali Gupta was hearing the arguments on sentencing against Akash alias Bondi and Talib Khan, who had been convicted under IPC Section 326A (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by using acid or other corrosive substances).

The public prosecutor said the convicts did not deserve any leniency for their barbaric act, which caused severe internal burn injuries to the victim, corroding his entire food pipe and digestive tract, leading to his death despite receiving treatment for around 18 months.

In the order dated December 10, the court said, “It needs no g

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