New Delhi, April 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to Vikas Yadav until May 8, who is serving a 25-year-long jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, in view of his mother's health condition.

A bench headed by Justice Abhay S Oka also directed that his mother shall be admitted to AIIMS immediately for two days for medical examination by a board of doctors to be constituted to examine her health condition.

The bench said the medical board shall submit its report on the examination of Yadav's mother to the court by May 7.

It further directed that Yadav shall furnish bail bond of one lakh with one surety of like amount and he shall to reside only at his residence in Ghaziabad.

He shall remain confined to hi...