Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal, convicted for the abduction and murder of 25-year-old Nitish Katara in 2002, will serve 25 years in prison each, the Supreme Court ruled today. The Yadav cousins had appealed in the top court against an order of the Delhi High Court, which had in February last year sentenced the Yadavs to 25 years in jail without remission, with an additional five years each for destruction of evidence. This order by the Supreme Court saw the culmination of a journey that lasted over 14 years. The person fighting all through that journey has been Neelam Katara, the mother of the victim. In the last 14 years all that she has done and paid attention to are court dates. Hopefully today's Supreme Court order was the last order in this fight for justice.
