New Delhi: Surendra Koli, the prime accused in the infamous Nithari case in 2005-2006, has now received a clean chit from his last remaining murder case after 19 years by the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday, November 11.

Earlier, the court had issued a death penalty to Surendra on charges of rape and murder, but the top court was hearing the petition filed by Surendra against its judgment in 2011. In the previous judgment, Surendra was convicted of the killing of a 15-year-old girl. Still, the Supreme Court confirmed his conviction was based merely on the statement and the recovery of the knife.

This was the 13th case against him, and before this, he had been acquitted in cases. Now, Surendra is a free man, as no cases have been filed against him after a decade.

The Nithari case is a

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