{"id":59842,"date":"2020-06-18T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T10:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59842"},"modified":"2020-06-18T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T10:33:53","slug":"hc-dismisses-katara-case-convict-vishal-yadavs-plea-for-parole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-dismisses-katara-case-convict-vishal-yadavs-plea-for-parole","title":{"rendered":"HC dismisses Katara case convict Vishal Yadav&#8217;s plea for parole."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Katara-case-convict-Vishal-Yadav.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-dismisses-katara-case-convict-vishal-yadavs-plea-for-parole\/katara-case-convict-vishal-yadav\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Katara-case-convict-Vishal-Yadav.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"301,167\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Katara case convict Vishal Yadav\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Katara-case-convict-Vishal-Yadav.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59843\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Katara-case-convict-Vishal-Yadav.jpg?resize=301%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Katara-case-convict-Vishal-Yadav.jpg?w=301&amp;ssl=1 301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Katara-case-convict-Vishal-Yadav.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea for emergency parole of Vishal Yadav who is serving life term for killing business executive Nitish Katara in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Justice V K Rao, via video conferencing, pronounced the order dismissing Yadav&#8217;s plea.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi government additional standing counsel Rajesh Mahajan confirmed that Yadav&#8217;s plea was rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The detailed order giving reasons for the same is awaited.<\/p>\n<p>Yadav had sought eight weeks emergency parole on the ground that he could get infected by COVID-19 or TB due to overcrowding and poor sanitation in the prison.<\/p>\n<p>He had moved a similar plea in April which was disposed of on May 2 by the high court. The court asked the &#8220;competent authority&#8221;, which under the prison rules is the Lt Governor, to treat the petition as a representation and take a decision within 15 days.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, the competent authority rejected Yadav&#8217;s plea for parole on the ground that he has been awarded 25 years imprisonment without any remission, and against that order he moved the high court.<\/p>\n<p>Yadav also sought quashing of the May 16 order.<\/p>\n<p>He contended that the number of coronavirus cases was increasing at a high rate and there was a risk of infection to him inside the prison, especially since he had been a tuberculosis (TB) patient in the past.<\/p>\n<p>On October 3, 2016, the Supreme Court awarded a 25-year jail term without any benefit of remission to Yadav and his cousin Vishal for their role in the sensational kidnapping and killing of Katara.<\/p>\n<p>Another co-convict Sukhdev Pehalwan was also handed down a 20-year jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, the Delhi High Court, while upholding the life imprisonment awarded to Vikas and Vishal Yadav by the trial court, specified a 30-year sentence, without any remission, to both of them. It awarded a 25-year jail term to third convict Pehalwan.<\/p>\n<p>All three were convicted and sentenced for kidnapping Katara from a marriage party in February 2002 and then killing him for his alleged affair with Bharti Yadav, the sister of Vikas.<\/p>\n<p>Bharti is the daughter of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav who is in jail in connection with another murder case.<\/p>\n<p>Katara was murdered as Vishal and Vikas Yadav did not approve of his affair with Bharti because they belonged to different castes, the lower court said in its verdict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea for emergency parole of Vishal Yadav who is serving life term for killing business executive Nitish Katara in 2002. Justice V K Rao, via video conferencing, pronounced the order dismissing Yadav&#8217;s plea. Delhi government additional standing counsel Rajesh Mahajan confirmed that Yadav&#8217;s plea was rejected. 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