DEC 16, 2012 & AFTER: CASE DIARY

IT WAS A CRIME THAT SHOOK THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION. FIVE YEARS LATER, THERE IS A SENSE OF CLOSURE AND JUSTICE

DECEMBER 16, 2012 Six men, including a 17-year-old juvenile, gangrape a 23-year-old in a moving bus. The girl succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012

MARCH 11, 2013 Main accused Ram Singh commits suicide in Tihar jail

AUGUST 31, 2013 Juvenile Justice Board finds the juvenile accused guilty of rape and murder of the medical student, sentences him to three years in special home

JANUARY 29, 2013 The Supreme Court dismisses transfer petition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 Four remaining accused sentenced to death by additional sessions judge

MARCH 13, 2014 Delhi High Court Bench of Justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani upholds the trial court verdict

MARCH 15, 2014 Supreme Court stays execution of the accused after allegations of a denial of fair trial

DECEMBER 18, 2015 Delhi HC refuses to stay release of minor-accused, who walks free after three years in a juvenile home

APRIL 3, 2016 Hearings begin in SC after 19 months of being in cold storage

AUGUST 29, 2016 Drama in the courtroom as allegation of the police tampering with evidence is made

SEPTMEBER 2, 2016 Advocate M L Sharma concludes his submissions

SEPTMEBER 16, 2016 Former DCP (Delhi) Chaya Sharma, who was transferred to Mizoram post the Delhi gang rape case, attends the hearing

FEBRUARY 3, 2017 SC decides to re-hear the case on the sentencing aspect

MARCH 6, 2017 All the accused submit additional affidavits in the court

MAY 5, 2017 Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to the four convicts by Delhi High Court in 2014