New Delhi, May 30 -- The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Kotdwar in the Pauri district of Uttarakhand on Friday convicted Pulkit Arya and two others and sentenced them to life imprisonment in the murder case of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari.

Pulkit Arya, along with his two associates Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta were found guilty under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code, as well as provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Reena Negi sentenced the three accused in the case, according to prosecution lawyer Ajay Pant. All of them were sentenced to life imprisonment, and have be...