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Imagine being sentenced to death, then waiting years only to have your execution stopped at the last minute. That’s exactly what happened to Surendra Koli, the man once branded as the necrophiliac serial killer in the infamous Nithari case.
His death sentence wasn’t overturned because he was found innocent, it was done due to delays and procedural lapses in processing his mercy petition. Meanwhile, the same judicial system that nearly executed him later acquitted him in 12 cases, exposing glaring inconsistencies in how justice is served.
In Part 2 of the series, Tapasya unpacks how “collective conscience” shaped Koli’s fate, how trial courts leaned on flawed reasoning to impose death penalties, and why, even after 18 years, Koli remains behind bars.
Read the full story here. If you haven’t already, read the Part 1 here and the Prologue here.
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