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The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Manu Sharma, son of former Haryana minister and Congress leader Vinod Sharma, for murder of Jessica Lall. The court, which reversed the trial court order acquitting him, said the lower court hastily decided on the matter without applying its mind. The court on Wednesday will deliver the quantum of sentence which may be either death or life imprisonment for the convict. “We have no hesitation in holding that Manu Sharma is guilty of an offence under Section 302 (murder) of IPC for having committed the murder of Jessica Lall ... as also under Section 27 of the Arms Act,” said a division bench comprising Justice RS Sodhi and Justice PK Bhashin.