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SC to hear plea against commutation of Nithari serial killer's death sentence

| | Jul 13, 2015, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Jul 13 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear UP government's plea against commutation of death sentence of Surender Koli, convicted in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
Reports said the apex court has  and issued a notice to the convict in this regard.

In January this year, the death sentence of Surender Koli was commuted to life imprisonment by the Allahabad high court. 
 
The HC said there was an "inordinate delay" in deciding his mercy petition.

The Allahabad HC order was given in response to  a Public Interest Litigation filed by NGO People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) which argued that the period taken for disposal of Koli's mercy petition is "3 years and 3 months" which makes  execution of the  death sentence violalative  of the Right to Life granted in Article 21 of the Constitution.

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