India, Aug. 23 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in a petition filed by Nitish Katara murder case convict Vikas Yadav, seeking release from jail.

A bench of justice Ravinder Dudeja sought the Centre, Delhi government and Nitish's mother Neelam's response and fixed September 2 as the next date of hearing. The Centre was represented by standing counsel Ashish Dikshit.

Katara was abducted from a marriage party on the intervening night of February 16 and 17, 2002, and then killed over his alleged relationship with Vikas's sister, Bharti Yadav.

The trial court in May 2008 found former Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav's son Vikas, Vishal Yadav and their aide, contract killer Sukhdev Pehelwan, guilty of kidnapping and burning K...