Overview

• A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran directed that Yadav be produced before the trial court within seven days
• The trial court must set strict conditions for the furlough and ensure security arrangements for victim Neelam Katara and key witnesses
• Sukhdev Yadav was convicted as a contract killer under IPC Section 302 and handed a 20-year term without remission for abducting and murdering Nitish Katara
• Co-convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav received 25-year sentences without remission in 2016 for orchestrating the kidnapping and killing over Katara’s alleged relationship with Bharti Yadav
• Earlier this month, the court extended Vikas Yadav’s interim bail so he could tend to his ailing mother