| A special court in Patiala today sentenced to life imprisonment three accused in the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Kathmandu to Kandahar in Afghanistan on December 24, 1999. Sessions Judge of Patiala Inderjit Singh Walia, who is the Special Judge in the case sentenced Abdul Latif, Bhupal Man Damai alias Yusaf Nepali and Dalip Kumar Bhujel to life term under sections 302, 307, 363, 342, 467 of the IPC and under 25 Arms Act and sections 4 and 5 of the Anti-Hijacking Act and section 120B of the IPC for criminal conspiracy. |
