The Delhi Prisons administration has rejected the furlough request of Vikas Yadav, who’s serving a life time period in Tihar jail for killing enterprise govt Nitish Katara in 2002, after his conduct was discovered to be “unsatisfactory”.
A senior official mentioned he had utilized for furlough a couple of days in the past nevertheless it was rejected by the Director-Normal (Prisons) Satish Golcha final week.
Vikas, the son of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, was awarded a 25-year jail time period by the Supreme Court docket in 2016 together with two others for his or her position within the sensational kidnapping and killing of Katara.
A furlough is given in instances of long-term imprisonment. The interval of furlough granted to a prisoner is handled as remission of his sentence. Furlough is seen as a matter of proper for a prisoner, to be granted periodically regardless of any cause, and merely to allow the prisoner to retain household and social ties and to counter the in poor health results of extended time spent in jail.
The order issued on October 23 by the DS-Authorized, PHQ, Delhi Prisons, mentioned, “Convict Vikas Yadav, son of D P Yadav, is present process life sentence in case FIR no 192/2022 (precise imprisonment of 25 years with out consideration of remission). His conduct has been discovered to be unsatisfactory as he was punished on Could 28, 2012, July 10, 2013, October 10, 2017 for violation of jail guidelines.”
The order was additionally despatched to the jail superintendent of Central Jail No 3 in Tihar the place Vikas is at present lodged.
The order additional states, “Vikas has been sentenced to endure life imprisonment, which shall be 25 years of precise imprisonment, with out consideration of remission by the Hon’ble Delhi Excessive Court docket in Crl attraction and this order of Delhi Excessive Court docket was additionally confirmed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court docket. Because the convict has not earned any remission together with annual good conduct report (AGCR), which is a prerequisite situation, he can’t be given any furlough as per rule-1223.”
In keeping with the order, Rule 1223 of Delhi Jail Guidelines-2018 states {that a} convict should fulfil two standards: the prisoner shouldn’t be a routine offender and have good conduct in jail, and may have earned rewards within the final three AGCR and proceed to take care of good conduct. “…Due to this fact, his furlough is rejected. The convict could also be knowledgeable beneath correct acknowledgement,” it states.
On October 3, 2016, the Supreme Court docket had awarded a 25-year jail time period with none advantage of remission to Vikas and his cousin Vishal for his or her position in Katara’s killing. One other co-convict Sukhdev Pehalwan was additionally handed down a 20-year jail time period within the case. Previous to this, the Delhi Excessive Court docket, whereas upholding the life imprisonment awarded to Vikas and Vishal by the trial courtroom, had specified a 30-year sentence, with none remission, to each of them. It had awarded a 25-year jail time period to Pehalwan.
All three had been convicted and sentenced for kidnapping Katara from a wedding occasion on the intervening night time of February 16-17, 2002 after which killing him for his alleged affair with Vikas’s sister Bharti. Katara was murdered as Vishal and Vikas didn’t approve of his affair with Bharti as a result of they belonged to completely different castes, the decrease courtroom had mentioned in its verdict.
