{"id":12069,"date":"2011-07-12T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T11:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12069"},"modified":"2011-07-12T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T11:45:28","slug":"nitish-katara-murder-sukhdev-pehalwan-gets-life-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nitish-katara-murder-sukhdev-pehalwan-gets-life-term","title":{"rendered":"Nitish Katara murder: Sukhdev Pehalwan gets life term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Nitish-Katara1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nitish-katara-murder-sukhdev-pehalwan-gets-life-term\/nitish-katara-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Nitish-Katara1.png?fit=180%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nitish Katara\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Nitish-Katara1.png?fit=180%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12071\" title=\"Nitish Katara\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Nitish-Katara1.png?resize=180%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Nitish-Katara1.png?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Nitish-Katara1.png?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Sukhdev Pehalwan, an accused in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge J.R. Aryan awarded life sentence to Pehalwan and imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 on him.\u00a0The court July 6 held Pehalwan guilty of murder, abduction, destruction of evidence, conspiracy and common intention.<\/p>\n<p>His trial was separated from that of the two other convicts, Vikas and Vishal Yadav, as he could not be arrested till 2005.&#8221;The case has been proved against you. That night, you were with Vikas and Vishal Yadav when the murder took place,&#8221; the court said at the time of his conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court in 2008 awarded rigorous life imprisonment to Vikas, son of Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav, and his cousin Vishal, for their role in the murder of Katara, a business executive and son of an Indian Administrative Service officer, for his proximity to their sister Bharti Yadav.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, Pehalwan was present with co-convicts Vikas and Vishal in their car after they abducted Katara from a marriage function in Ghaziabad and killed him on the intervening night of Feb 16-17, 2002.The case was shifted to a Delhi court by the Supreme Court on the request of Nitish Katara&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>Pehalwan was declared a proclaimed offender before being arrested. He was charge-sheeted in April 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Sukhdev Pehalwan, an accused in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, to life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge J.R. 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