Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court refuses to extend interim bail of Vikas Yadav

Yadav is serving a 25-year jail sentence in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to extend the interim bail of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case.

A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma asked Yadav’s lawyer to move the Delhi High Court for extension or grant of fresh interim bail in the case.

The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by Yadav against an August 22 order of the Delhi High Court, which had refused to extend his interim bail.

Previously, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, a puisne judge on the apex court Bench, had recused himself from hearing the case. The court had, however, at the time, extended Yadav’s interim bail by a week.

Yadav, who has spent over 23 years in jail, sought interim bail on the grounds that his marriage had been fixed for September 5. He also argued that he had to arrange ₹54 lakh, the fine imposed on him at the time of sentencing.

In April, the apex court had granted temporary bail to Yadav to attend to his ailing and hospitalised mother.

Yadav was found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Nitish Katara, a business executive, who was alleged to be having an affair with his sister, Bharti Yadav.