New Delhi, May 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered temporary release of convict Vikas Yadav in the Nitish Katara murder case, granting him furlough for 10 days beginning Tuesday with a direction to surrender by May 22. Serving a fixed sentence of 25 years imprisonment without remission, Yadav approached the court seeking furlough for four weeks citing the fact that this period is given to convicts to revive social ties. With his 25-year sentence set to get over by May 2027, he sought time to spend with family as he got married last year. A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said legal issue has to be determined whether a convict denied remission by the top court is entitled to furlough. However, it noted a precedent wher...