Surendra Koli acquitted in Nithari cases after curative petition, reversing 2006 conviction

Surendra Koli, arrested in 2006 for crimes in the Nithari case, has been acquitted through a curative petition in 2025. The case marked a dramatic reversal after Koli came within hours of execution in 2014, when the Supreme Court intervened with a midnight hearing.

The acquittal follows years of legal proceedings and challenges to his conviction in the high-profile murders case that had drawn national attention.