New Delhi, May 11 -- The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a plea of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year-long jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, seeking to be released from the prison on furlough.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan allowed Yadav to be released on furlough from May 12 to 22, noting that he had earlier been granted furlough from February 27 to March 7 and had duly complied with the conditions by surrendering before prison authorities on time.

"We find that, having regard to earlier precedent and pending consideration of the case on merits, the petitioner

shall be entitled to be released on furlough from May 12, 2026, to May 22, 2026. The petitioner shall report back to the concerned prison a...