New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the conviction of Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehlwan in the Nitish Katara murder case but issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on the quantum of sentence.

Upholding the conviction of both, an apex court bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel issued notice on the quantum of sentence, telling their counsel: "We can give you indulgence so far as the quantum of sentence is concerned."