Vikas and his cousin Vishal are currently serving life term along with others for killing MBA graduate Nitish in February 2002 as they were against their sister Bharti's intimacy with him.
Appearing for Neelam, who had lodged the FIR against Yadavs on February 16, 2002, counsel P K Dey told the bench of justices Gita Mittal and J R Midha that Bharti had made several calls to victim's mother on February 17 and had told her that she was upset and worried that Nitish was taken away by her brothers from the marriage venue of her friend.
Referring to Neelam's testimony before the trial court, the counsel told the bench that on February 17, 2002 Bharti and victim's mother had made about 50 calls to each other in one day.
"The call details is a vital piece of evidence to establish that their (Neelan and Bharti's) long conversation throughout the day on 17 February 2002 was on abduction of Nitish," the lawyer said adding this evidence is corroborated by the testimony of other witnesses including Nitish and Bharti's friend Bharat Diwakar.
The lawyer would continue his argument tomorrow.
The court was hearing Neelam's plea seeking enhancement of penalty from life imprisonment to death penalty against Yadavs. (More)
