A convict in the sensational Nithari killings case Surinder Koli, was today sentenced to death by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh for raping and murdering seven-year-old girl Arti.<br/><br/>The death sentence to 38-year-old Koli, a domestic help of businessman and accused Moninder Singh Pandher, was awarded by special CBI judge A K Singh in the Arti case. This is the second of the 19 cases of the Nithari killings.<br/><br/>Koli was handed down the capital punishment under Section 302 of murder along with life imprisonment under Section 364 for kidnapping or abducting in order to murder. He was also slapped a fine of Rs 3,000.<br/><br/>Koli and Pandher were on February 13, 2009, sentenced to the death in the Rimpa Haldar case in the first verdict in the Nithari killings. However, Pandher was acquitted by the Allahabad High Court on September 11, last year.