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Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order
on the bail plea of Vikas Yadav, serving life imprisonment for killing
Nitish Katara in 2002. He has sought bail to attend his sister's
marriage.

A division bench comprising Justices Anil Kumar and Vipin Sanghi
reserved the order after hearing Delhi Police's contention that Vikas
might escape if allowed to be paroled from jail.

Vikas has approached court seeking permission to attend his sister Bharti's marriage on Nov 1.

"There would be more than 2,000 people attending the marriage and the
ceremony is spread over three states of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh. We have serious apprehension that he might escape from the
place as it would be difficult for us to keep an eye on each visitor,"
the Delhi Police told the bench.

The Delhi Police counsel further added: "We do not know who are the
people attending the marriage, and a section of them might take him
away even when the convict is released on custodial parole. We can't
control and put restrictions on their events."

Meanwhile, Neelam Katara, mother of Nitish Katara, submitted an
application to the court apprehending that her life would be in danger
if Vikas comes out of jail and also cited his earlier background when
he was involved in the Jessica Lal murder case.

Vikas Yadav, son of Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav, was convicted
last year along with his cousin Vishal Yadav for kidnapping and
murdering Nitish Katara, a close friend of Bharti. He is presently
undergoing life imprisonment.

The duo had kidnapped and killed Katara, son of an IAS officer, on the
night of Feb 17, 2002, after abducting him from a marriage party in
Ghaziabad as they were opposed to his relationship with Bharti.