New Delhi, June 17 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year-long jail term in 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, for two weeks to take care of his ailing mother.

A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan extended the interim bail by two more weeks to enable Yadav to attend to his ailing mother, who had undergone surgery.

Yadav's counsel, seeking extension, told the bench that since the surgery was performed on May 25, his mother required post-operative care.

On April 24, the apex court had granted interim bail to Yadav and said he shall to reside only at his residence in Ghaziabad. His bail was later extended for four weeks.

Granting interim bail to Yadav, the top court had sa...