Katara case: SC dismisses UP plea

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh government seeking permission to file an appeal in the Nitish Katara murder case.

After the case has been transferred outside Uttar Pradesh,does it have anything to do with the case? a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma asked the state government before declining its plea.

Besides Uttar Pradesh government,the main accused in the case Vikas Yadav,who has been sentenced to life imprisonment,had also filed a similar petition which was heard at the same time.

Once the case is transferred outside the state,it is the end of the matter (for that state government), the Bench said. The Uttar Pradesh government had contended that the Delhi High Court was wrong in admitting the petition of the Delhi Police in the case.

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