India, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of Surendra Koli in nearly 12 cases of murder linked to the Nithari killings, trashing the appeals filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the victims seeking revival of conviction against him considering the gruesome nature of the crime involving the death of nearly a dozen minor girls.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai passed the order endorsing the findings of the Allahabad high court in October 2023 that acquitted him. Even with this decision, Koli will remain in jail as he is undergoing life imprisonment in one of the Nithari killings where his conviction was upheld by the top court in 2011.

The CBI, represented by addi...