Nithari killings: SC agrees to hear CBI's plea against Allahabad HC order acquitting Surendra Koli
The Hindu
Nithari killings: The Supreme Court on August 14 agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by the CBI challenging the Allahabad High Court’s verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Noida serial murders.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by the CBI challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan tagged the CBI's plea with some other petitions pending in the apex court against the High Court order of October 16, 2023.
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On July 19, the apex court had agreed to hear separate pleas filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Uttar Pradesh government against the High Court verdict. It had also issued a notice and sought a response from Koli on the petitions.
The apex court had in May agreed to hear a plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the High Court's verdict acquitting Koli in one of the cases.
In this case, Moninder Singh Pandher was acquitted by the sessions court while Koli was awarded the death penalty on September 28, 2010.
The High Court had acquitted domestic help Pandher and his employer Koli in the case in which they were facing a death sentence, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the guilt "beyond reasonable doubt" and that the investigation was "botched up".
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