SC rejects review petition of Nithari accused Koli
30 Oct 2014 3:55 AM IST
The apex court, on Tuesday rejected the petition of Surinder Koli, accused in Nithari killing, seeking a review of his death penalty.
Koli, 42, is a self-confessed cannibal found guilty of murdering young women and children at a bungalow near Delhi. Arguing his case, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani said the court had committed an error and vital evidence was suppressed in the case. But a bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, in the first open court hearing of a review petition in a death sentence case, said, ‘We are fully satisfied that this court has not committed any error that may persuade us to review the order.’
Jethmalani had also argued that Koli was tortured by the police into giving evidence and the autopsy
report showed that the murder of 14 children was done ‘by a medical expert’ with the objective of trading in organs.
Koli, 42, is a self-confessed cannibal found guilty of murdering young women and children at a bungalow near Delhi. Arguing his case, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani said the court had committed an error and vital evidence was suppressed in the case. But a bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, in the first open court hearing of a review petition in a death sentence case, said, ‘We are fully satisfied that this court has not committed any error that may persuade us to review the order.’
Jethmalani had also argued that Koli was tortured by the police into giving evidence and the autopsy
report showed that the murder of 14 children was done ‘by a medical expert’ with the objective of trading in organs.
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