The Delhi High Court will on 22 August hear the parole plea of Vikas Yadav, who is serving life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case.
Justice Pratibha Rani Tuesday transferred the plea of Yadav, son of Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav to a division bench which has been hearing the appeals in the case against the sentencing order.
A division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR Midha will hear the plea on Friday. Yadav moved High Court to seek three months’ parole on the ground that he has to visit his 93-year-old ailing grandfather.
Yadav pleaded that he has been in jail for the past 12-and-a-half years and his conduct has been good throughout.
The plea stated that his grandfather recently had an angioplasty and he wants to spend time with him to take care of him.
Justice Pratibha Rani Tuesday transferred the plea of Yadav, son of Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav to a division bench which has been hearing the appeals in the case against the sentencing order.
A division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR Midha will hear the plea on Friday. Yadav moved High Court to seek three months’ parole on the ground that he has to visit his 93-year-old ailing grandfather.
Yadav pleaded that he has been in jail for the past 12-and-a-half years and his conduct has been good throughout.
The plea stated that his grandfather recently had an angioplasty and he wants to spend time with him to take care of him.