A view of the Supreme Court of India | Photocredit: Ani
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (25 June 2025) granted three months of leave to Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan in the Nitish Katara murder case of 2002.
A bank of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K. Vinod Chandran noted that Yadav has undergone continuous imprisonment for 20 years without remission.
De Tophof has focused that Yadav would be produced in court within seven days and that the correct conditions are imposed on him by the court before the allocation of leave.
Verkak is a temporary release from prison, no suspension or remission of the entire punishment, and is usually granted to prisoners in the long term who have served part of their sentence.
Yadav’s plea challenged an order of November 2024 from the Delhi Supreme Court, which rejected his petition because he had released him on leave for three weeks.
On 3 October 2016, the Supreme Court awarded a 25 -year prison sentence without the benefit of remission to Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav for their role in the sensational kidnapping and murder of Katara.
Co-judgment Sukhdev Yadav was sentenced to 20 years in the case.
They were convicted and convicted of killing Katara from a wedding party on the intervening night of 16 and 17 February 2002 and then killed him for his alleged affair with Vikas’ sister Bharti Yadav.
Bharti is the daughter of Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav.
The court noted that Katara was murdered when Vishal and Vikas Yadav did not approve his affair with Bharti because they came from different cupboards.
Published – June 25, 2025 12:52 pm is
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