Mohali, April 5 -- Four months after two teenagers were stabbed to death amid a street brawl in Mohali's Kumbra village, spurring strong protests by their families, a local court on Friday framed charges against four accused, all aged 18 to 21, paving the way for the trial to commence.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Harsimranjit Singh framed charges against the accused-Aman Tak, 18, a native of Uttar Pradesh and currently living in Sector 52, Chandigarh; Arun, 18, and Akash Kumar, 21, both hailing from Uttar Pradesh and residing in Kumbra village; and Gaurav, 20.

They have been charged under Sections 103(2) (a group of five or more persons acting in concert commits murder on the ground of race, caste or community ),...