Additional Session Judge of Ambala, Poonam Suneja sentenced Gurpreet Singh and Parvinder Singh for kidnapping Vansh on February 10, 2011 and demanding ransom from his parents.
According to prosecution, Vansh was kidnapped near his house, located in Defence Colony when he was returning from his school.
A joint team of Ambala and Pachkula police later traced them at Barwala close to Panchkula. There was an exchange of fire between the police and kidnappers, in which Gurpreet was injured while Parvinder managed to escape.
Vansh had managed to escape from the kidnappers in this confusion.
The police had registered a case against the two kidnappers under section 363 (kidnapping), section 364 (kidnapping with intension to murder) and section 364-A (kidnapping for ransom) of IPC.