CASE SO FAR

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: Haryana police arrest the accused after the Supreme Court pulls it up

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

December 23: 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: Jat community, to

which accused belong, protests the transfer of case, seeks fresh probe

January 20: CBI asked to take over the probe

February 1: Court orders deployment of CRPF at Mirchpur village to protect prosecution witnesses March 10: Trial court passes order on charge against 97 persons September 24: Trial court convicts 15, acquits 82 persons October 31: 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

Oct 6: One accused who was earlier absconding, acquitted of all charges by trial court

May 16, 2018: HC reserves verdict on the appeals

Aug 24: HC upholds conviction and sentence of 13 convicts, reverses acquittal of 20 and convicts them