India, Jan. 29 -- A 24-year-old accused in the 2022 murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the option of parole for 20 years.

Tanner Fox was found guilty of second degree murder and British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Terence Schultes handed out the sentence in the courtroom in the town of New Westminster on Tuesday.

However, he did not reveal who hired him for the killing, which he allegedly undertook along with co-accused Jose Lopez, who has still to be sentenced.

Malik's daughter-in-law Sundeep Kaur Dhaliwal begged Fox to reveal the identities of those behind the murder, saying that was "the right thing to do", according to the outlet Vancouver Sun.

The prosecution said the two accused sh...