Nithari killings: SC to hear on April 3 pleas challenging Surendra Koli's acquittal
The Hindu
Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging acquittal of Koli in Nithari serial killings case on April 3, 2025.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said it would hear on April 3 a batch of petitions challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
The apex court had last year agreed to examine separate pleas, including those filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Uttar Pradesh government, challenging the Allahabad High Court's decision acquitting Koli on October 16, 2023.
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The pleas were listed for hearing on Tuesday before a Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Augustine George Masih.
One of the lawyers appearing in the case mentioned the matter before the Bench and requested that the pleas be taken up for hearing next week.
Terming it an "extraordinary case", the counsel said children were going missing in Nithari for about two years and later, the police found several skeletal remains.
The lawyer said that Koli was arrested in the case and was kept in police custody for around 60 days. "We will grant leave and will have it on some Thursday," the bench said and posted the matter for April 3.
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