A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ok V Viswanathan handed the route whereas ordering the discharge of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan within the 2002 Nitish Katara homicide case. It famous that Yadav accomplished his sentence of 20 years in March this 12 months with out remission.
“Copy of this order needs to be circulated by Registry to Dwelling Secretaries of all states and UTs to establish whether or not any accused or convict has remained in jail past the interval of sentence,” the bench stated.
“If that's the case, problem instructions for launch of such convicts if not wished in another circumstances. The same copy shall be ship to member secretary Nationwide Authorized Service Authorities for onward transmission to all member Secretaries of state and UTs Authorized Service Authorities for communication of District Authorized Service Authorities within the states for the implementation of judgement,” it added.
The apex courtroom stated Yadav ought to have been launched after he accomplished his sentence.
“There cannot any additional incarceration of appellant herein from March 9, 2025, onwards…. In truth on March 10, 2025, the appellant should have been launched, as he accomplished his sentence,” the bench stated. The highest courtroom had earlier granted three months furlough to Yadav, noting that he has undergone 20 years of uninterrupted incarceration with out remission. Furlough is a brief launch from jail, not a suspension or remission of your complete sentence, and is often granted to long-term inmates who've served a portion of their sentence. Yadav's plea challenged a November 2024 order of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom, which dismissed his petition for releasing him on furlough for 3 weeks.
On October 3, 2016, the Supreme Courtroom gave a 25-year jail time period with out the good thing about remission to Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav for his or her function within the sensational kidnapping and killing of Katara.
Co-convict Sukhdev Yadav was given a 20-year jail time period.
They have been convicted and sentenced for kidnapping Katara from a wedding social gathering on the intervening night time of February 16 and 17, 2002 after which killing him for his alleged affair with Vikas' sister Bharti Yadav.
Bharti is the daughter of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav.
The trial courtroom noticed that Katara was murdered as Vishal and Vikas Yadav didn't approve of his affair with Bharti resulting from their totally different castes.
