The court also slapped a fine of Rs 75,000 on each of them.
The Bench dismissed the convicts’ contentions as an “afterthought” and upheld the authenticity of their confessions by expelling any doubts that they were made under duress or torture.
Maninder Singh, the counsel for Dar and Mir, said on Saturday: “Then ACP Rajbir Singh, who was investigating officer in the case, had admitted in his testimony in court that none of the accused had any criminal background. Bilal Ahmed Dar was a student in Delhi since 1999, and had done a tenant verification too.
“If people are accused of such grave offences, it is the police’s duty to get air-tight evidence, which they did not in this case.”
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