New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The petition filed by politician DP Yadav's son Vikas Yadav for seeking parole has been dismissed by the Supreme Court on Monday.

The case connects to the kidnapping of Nitish Katara, a business executive and the son of a railway officer from a marriage party on February 16-17, 2002 before he was murdered for his affair with his sister. The accused Vikas Yadav and cousin Vishal Yadav were sentenced to 25 years for hammering Nitish to death and burning his body while Sukhdev Pehalwan, the third accomplice was sentenced to 20 years.

Yadav was convicted in Nitish Katara murder case that dates back to 2008. A top court bench chaired by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said, "How can you get parole..." Chief Justice G...