Surendra Koli, the accused who was involved in the 2006 Nithari killings case, reportedly committed suicide in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Koli spent over 18 years in jail and was awarded several death sentences until his final conviction was quashed by the Supreme Court and he was totally acquitted in late 2025.
High court acquittals : On October 18, 2023, the Allahabad High Court acquitted him in 12 cases, saying the prosecution had not been able to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. Because of the delay in deciding his mercy petition, sentence commutation : His death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment in 2015 by the Allahabad High Court.
How the Nithari case developed in Noida
CBI investigation : The Noida Police transferred the investigation of the case to CBI in January 2007, and CBI filed 16 chargesheets against the two. Koli was convicted in various cases in the trial court and was awarded the death penalty, the most infamous being that of the murder of 14-year-old girl Rimpa Haldar. Supreme Court reliefs : As the Supreme Court rejected the appeals in his acquittal case in July 2025, finally, the curative petition got accepted, and his last conviction case, Rimpa Haldar’s, was set aside in November 2025.
After being released from jail custody, Koli moved to Uttarakhand and spent quiet time there for the last few months. Arrests : Both Pandher and his domestic helper, Surendra Koli, were taken into custody over the charges involving the kidnaping, rape, and killing of kids and young girls.
