SC rejects plea to extend Vikas Yadav's bail in Katara case
New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the bail granted to Vikas Yadav, serving a 25-year fixed sentence in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, and directed him to approach the Delhi High Court for relief.
A bench of justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma declined to entertain his appeal against the Delhi High Court's August 22 order refusing extension. "You go to the high court," the bench told senior advocate S Gurukrishna Kumar, who sought four more days to file a plea.
Opposing the request, Nilam Katara's counsel, Vrinda Bhandari, said, "He has been out on interim bail since April 24. He should not be given special treatment. Let him surrender and apply for furlough like any other convict." Yadav, 54, son of a former MP, has served over 23 years of his 25-year sentence. He was convicted for murdering Nitish Katara, who was in a relationship with his sister Bharti. He was granted interim bail by the top court in April and had since been getting an extension from the top court on account of his mother's ill health....
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