The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted Surendra Koli in the last pending murder and rape case filed against him in connection with the Nithari killings of 2005-’06 in Noida, Bar and Bench reported.

A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath allowed a curative petition filed by Koli against his conviction in the killing of a 15-year-old girl. It also ordered his immediate release if he was not wanted in any other case, ANI reported.

Koli’s conviction in the case had been upheld by the Supreme Court in February 2011, Bar and Bench reported.

However, he moved the Supreme Court again with the curative petition after the Allahabad High Court acquitted him in October 2023 in the pending 12 cases against him related to the Nithari killings.

The killings

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