New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on appeals of three convicts against a trial court verdict awarding them life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
A division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR Midha reserved the judgment after all the parties concluded their arguments in the appeals whose hearing started April 16, 2012.
The court was hearing appeals of convicts Vikas Yadav, brother of Katara's friend Bharti, and Vishal Yadav, Bharti's cousin, and contract killer Sukhdev Pehalwan, who are serving life terms in Tihar Jail.
The prosecution and the victim's mother Neelam Katara have also filed appeals seeking enhancement of sentence of the convicts. They sought death penalty for the murderers....
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