India, Feb. 11 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed Nitish Katara murder case convict Vikas Yadav's petition seeking three weeks' furlough to maintain social ties.

A bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that the jail authorities' decision to reject Yadav's request for furlough 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 while pronouncing the verdict.

A detailed copy of the verdict is awaited.

Yadav had moved the High Court against the jail authorit...