HC notice to cops on Vikas Yadav's plea

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to Delhi and Uttar Pradesh police on a plea by Vikas Yadav, undergoing life imprisonment for the murder of Nitish Katara in 2002, seeking four days suspension of his sentence for signing some legal papers.
Taking note of the counsel's submission that Vikas would sign the documents and return to custody, a division bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Pratibha Rani issued notice to the prosecuting agencies seeking their reply on November 22.
His counsel said Vikas only needed to complete power of attorney formalities, granting rights to his brother, as the property was jointly owned by him and his mother.
The court wondered how he had not been aware of this property since 2002. Vikas claimed the need for legal formalities have arisen at this juncture.