An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gujranwala District of Punjab on April 18 awarded death sentences to six accused over their role in the lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara at a Sialkot factory, reports ARY News. Priyantha Kumara (49) was lynched by a mob of workers at a factory on December 3, where he was working as a manager, under the charges of blasphemy. As per details, the verdict was announced after hearing of the high-profile lynching case concluded at the Kot Lakhpat prison. Statements of more than 60 suspects were recorded in the lynching case. ATC in its verdict in the Priyantha Kumara case awarded death sentences to six convicts, 14-year-jail to seven others and two years of punishment to the other 76 accused of their alleged role in the case. The Punjab Government and the prosecution team in December decided to conduct the jail trial of the high-profile case due to security concerns.