The court also said that the Delhi Police response is very “reasonable, if you want to withdraw it's your choice”.  The high court, on April 16 last year, had reserved its verdict on appeals of the three convicts against a lower court judgement awarding rigorous life imprisonment to them for abducting and killing Katara in 2002.

Vikas, his cousin Vishal and Sukhdev Pehalwan are serving life term for abducting and killing Katara, a business executive and son of an IAS officer, on the intervening night of February 16-17, 2002.

The Yadavs allegedly killed the victim as they did not approve his alleged affair with their sister Bharti Yadav.  

Vikas and Vishal were convicted by the trial court in 2008.

Their accomplice Pehlwan, who had absconded for some time but was arrested in 2005, was tried separately and sentenced to life term by the trial court.