The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed 14 appeals challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli, one of the main accused in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. A bench led by Chief Justice B R Gavai, along with Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and K Vinod Chandran, upheld the Allahabad High Court’s October 2023 decision that cleared Koli of charges in the case that once shook the nation. The bench found “no perversity” in the high court’s ruling and said the prosecution had failed to present admissible and credible evidence to support a conviction.
