India, Dec. 31 -- A Delhi court has sentenced four persons to three years of imprisonment for impersonating candidates in an examination conducted for the post of Lower Divisional Clerk at the University Grants Commission, holding that the offence was committed despite full knowledge of its illegality.

The sentencing order was passed on December 22 by additional chief judicial magistrate Mayank Goel of the Rouse Avenue Courts.

In a common observation for the convicts, the court said, "The offence in question was committed by the convict with his eyes wide open and with full knowledge that the act committed by him is illegal. Despite being aware of the crime committed by him, he did not plead guilty before the court and chose to contest ...