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The Delhi Fast Track Court on Friday awarded life sentences to Vikas and Vishal Yadav, the accused of the Nitish Katara murder case after six years long trial.

The prosecution gave his arguments for death penalty to the accused but finally the court settled for life term punishment and concluded that Vikas was a habitual offender considering his involvement in the Jessica Lal murder case.  The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.2 lakh each on both the convicts.

Two days after Vikas and Vishal Yadav were convicted by Delhi court on Wednesday, the court found the two accused guilty of murdering Nitish Katara, six years back.

The two were also accountable of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence and the court charged them under sections 302, 364, 201 and 34 of the IPC. The maximum punishment under these sections is death while minimum is a life sentence.

Shortly after the verdict was announced, mother of the victim, Nilam Katara said that she was satisfied with the court’s judgment.

Katara, son of an IAS officer, was allegedly killed by accused Vikas and his cousin Vishal Yadav on the intervening night of February 16-17, 2002. They had allegedly abducted the victim from a marriage function in Ghaziabad. They smashed his head with a hammer and then tried to burn his dead body which leaded the prosecution to categorize it into a case of ‘rarest of rare category’- the condition required for death sentence.

It was reported that the accused had killed the victim as they did not approve of his alleged relations with Sister Bharati Yadav.

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The six years old sensational murder case of Nitish Katara is finally solved. The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Wednesday found prime accused Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav guilty of the murder and criminal conspiracy along with destruction of evidence. The quantum of punishment would be announced on May 30. Both can be sentenced to death or life term.

Satisfied by the law, Neelam Katara, mother of Nitish, said, “It’s a big relief. It’s a milestone judgment. I thank God.”

Vikas, son of Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav, has appealed that the pronouncement of verdict be stayed as the Delhi High Court is likely to hear his application seeking stay on trial court proceedings today. But his plea was rejected by the court and pronounced its verdict.

The court straight away declared, “I hold Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav guilty under section 302, 364, 201 and 34 of the IPC.”

Nitish Katara, son of an IAS officer, was allegedly killed by accused Vikas and his cousin Vishal Yadav on the intervening night of February 16-17, 2002. They had kidnapped Nitish from a marriage function in Ghaziabad.

According to the prosecution, the accused had killed the victim as they did not approve of his alleged relations with their sister Bharati Yadav.

Neelam Katara thanked the court and media for the judgment. She fought a long battle to get the justice.

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