India, Feb. 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed Nitish Katara murder case convict Vikas Yadav's plea seeking three weeks' furlough to maintain social ties, holding that jail authorities' decision to deny release was neither arbitrary nor illegal.

A bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja said the rejection of Yadav's furlough request did not suffer from "arbitrariness, illegality, or any violation of constitutional rights". "In view of the above, this court finds no arbitrariness, illegality, or violation of constitutional rights in the order dated October 29 or the corrigendum dated December 1, 2025. The petition is accordingly dismissed," the court said in its 22-page verdict.

The court noted that Yadav stands convicted of murd...