New Delhi, Aug 6 - The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld death penalty to a man who killed his two minor nephews in Rajouri Garden area of west Delhi in 2003.

A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Kaur confirmed the death penalty awarded by a lower court to Rajesh Kumar, 43, for killing his brother-in-law Mukesh Sethi's sons July 28, 2003.

The bench ruled, 'This a diabolic and cold-blooded murder and the accused by this act shaked the faith of the society.'

A city court had in 2007 awarded him death penalty by calling it 'an act of depravity'.

Kumar, enraged after Sethi refused to lend him money, killed nine-month-old Harshit by hitting him on the floor and four-and-a-half-year-old Anshul by slitting his throat with a piece of broken glass.