New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) The Supreme Court today acquitted Surendra Koli in the final case linked to the Nithari killings, bringing to an end the only remaining conviction against him in the 2005–2006 serial murder episodes in Noida.

The Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Vikram Nath allowed Koli’s curative petition and ordered his immediate release.

“The petitioner is acquitted of the charges. He shall be released forthwith,” Justice Nath announced while delivering the judgment.

Koli had been convicted and sentenced to death for the abduction, rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl, a conviction that the Supreme Court had upheld in 2011.

However, Koli approached the Court again after the Allahabad High Court, in October 2023, acquitt

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