CASE TIMELINE

■ April 21, 2010: A 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old physically-challenged daughter burnt alive allegedly by a mob of over 100 people belonging to the Jat community at Mirchpur village of Hisar district.

■ Over 150 Dalit families flee the village and take shelter at a Temple in Delhi after their houses were torched.

■ August 2010: Haryana police arrest the accused after the Supreme Court pulls it up.

■ December 8, 2010: SC transfers the case from Hisar to Delhi to ensure fair trial on the plea of families of victims.

■ December 23, 2010: Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau starts hearing and asks Haryana government to appoint special public prosecutor to conduct the trial.

■ January 9, 2011: Court orders transfer of the accused to Tihar from a Hisar jail. A total of 98 accused shifted. Out of 103, five are juveniles and one is out on bail.

■ January 15, 2011: Jat community, to which accused belong, protests the transfer of case, seeks fresh probe.

■ January 20, 2011: CBI asked to take over the probe.

■ February 1, 2011: Court orders deployment of CRPF at Mirchpur village to protect prosecution witnesses.

■ March 10, 2011: Trial court passes order on charge against 97 persons.

■ September 24, 2011: Trial court convicts 15, acquits 82 persons.

■ October 31, 2011: Three convicts get life term, five awarded five year jail and remaining seven released on probation.

■ 2012: Convicts, victims and state move Delhi HC against their conviction and sentencing.

■ October 6, 2012: One accused who was earlier absconding, acquitted of all charges by trial court.

■ May 16, 2018: HC reserves verdict on the appeals.

■ August 24, 2018: HC upholds conviction and sentence of 13 convicts, reverses acquittal of 20 and convicts them