Delhi HC verdict on Nitish Katara murder today
2 April 2014 6:04 AM IST
The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday deliver its judgment on appeals of three convicts against a trial court verdict awarding them life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
A division bench of justice Gita Mittal and justice JR Midha had reserved the judgment on 16 April last year. The court was hearing appeals of convicts Vikas Yadav, brother of Katara’s friend Bharti, and Vishal Yadav, Bharti’s cousin, and contract killer Sukhdev Pehalwan, who are serving life terms in Tihar jail.
The prosecution and the victim’s mother Neelam Katara have also filed appeals seeking enhancement of sentences of the convicts. They sought death penalty for the murderers. According to the prosecution, Vikas and Vishal killed Katara on the night of 17 Februay, 2002 after abducting him from a marriage party in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
A division bench of justice Gita Mittal and justice JR Midha had reserved the judgment on 16 April last year. The court was hearing appeals of convicts Vikas Yadav, brother of Katara’s friend Bharti, and Vishal Yadav, Bharti’s cousin, and contract killer Sukhdev Pehalwan, who are serving life terms in Tihar jail.
The prosecution and the victim’s mother Neelam Katara have also filed appeals seeking enhancement of sentences of the convicts. They sought death penalty for the murderers. According to the prosecution, Vikas and Vishal killed Katara on the night of 17 Februay, 2002 after abducting him from a marriage party in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
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