Nitish Katara murder not honour killing, says SC, rejecting death for killers

October 09, 2015 14:16

The Supreme Court today refused to consider a plea seeking the death penalty for Nitish Katara's killers Vikas and Vishal Yadav.

In February this year, the Delhi High Court had sentenced them to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for the 2002 murder.

Neelam Katara, Nitish's mother, had moved the court with the plea, arguing that the convicts should be awarded the death penalty because the murder was an honour killing.

The Supreme Court rejected her plea today, saying it was not a rarest of rare case to award death penalty. "It is just a murder and not heinous. What the accused did is condemnable but does not call for death penalty," it observed.

After the court's order, Katara said "I respect the court's decision. We will come prepared with more facts next time. This fight shall continue."

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