SC upholds life sentence to Manu Sharma

Supreme Court on Monday upheld the verdict by the Delhi court and awarded life imprisonment to Manu Sharma, the prime accused in the murder of model Jessica Lall in 1999.The apex court upheld the high court's judgment terming it correct and proving trial court wrong. Manu Sharma, who is the son of a senior political leader of Congress party from Haryana, had challenged his conviction and the life sentence given by the High Court in December 2006.