Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Thane in Maharashtra for kidnapping and killing the 22-year-old son of a building contractor, an official said on Saturday.

In his order of March 3, the detailed copy of which was made available on Friday, Thane Additional Sessions Judge VY Jadhav held Kalpesh alias Chotu Ramnath Saroj (32) and Ravindrakumar Yadav (29) guilty under sections 302, 364A and 389 of IPC for murder, kidnapping for ransom, and extortion and sentenced them to life imprisonment on each count, which will run concurrently, an official said.