New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail to Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, by a week.

A division bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih said the matter should be heard by the bench headed by Justice MM Sundresh, who passed the July 29 order extending Yadav's interim bail till August 26.

Yadav had approached the apex court against an August 22 order of the Delhi High Court, which refused to grant an extension of his interim bail granted by the top court on July 29.

Yadav, 54, who has been in jail for over 23 years, sought interim bail on the grounds that his marriage was fixed for September 5.

The High Court, however, doubted wheth...