Nithari serial killings case: Allahabad HC acquits Koli, Pandher

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted the prime suspect, Surinder Koli, in 12 cases related to the 2005-2006 Noida serial murders (Nithari case). Another suspect, Moninder Singh Pandher, has also been acquitted in two cases. Both Koli and Pandher had previously been sentenced to death by the trial court. The Nithari murders came to light in 2006 when skeletons were discovered near a house in Noida.