Surinder Koli seeking review of the verdict upholding his conviction and death sentence
File photo of Surender Koli, the main convict in the Nithari killings case (Photo: PTI/File)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Nithari rapist-cum-serial killer Surinder Koli seeking review of the verdict upholding his conviction and death sentence in one of the murder cases.
“We reject the review petition. No grounds have been made to persuade us to reconsider earlier decision,” a bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu said.
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, who appeared “pro bono” (done without compensation for the public good) for Koli, sought reconsideration of the verdict saying it was a case of “miscarriage of justice” as the confessional statement of the accused was “false” and cannot be relied upon.
Mr Jethmalani also alleged the prosecution suppressed the crucial information about the autopsy report of a surgeon that had said that bodies were cut by surgical instruments and with “surgical precision”.
“You are introducing new facts for the first time in the case,” the bench told Mr Jethmalani, adding that so far as the issue of confessional statement is concer-ned, it must have been considered by the courts below and the Supreme Court.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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