THE STORY SO FAR

FEB. 15, 2012: Italian Marines on board oil tanker Enrica Lexie shoot down two Indian fishermen Jelestine, 45, and Ajish Pinky,25, who were in the trawler St Antony off Kerala coast. FEB. 19: Massimiliano Lattorre and Salvatore Girone, the two marines, charged by Kerala police with homicide. APRIL 24: Italian government signs out of court settlement with families of the two victims and pays them 1 crore each. MAY 18: Police files 196-page chargesheet against the marines. JUNE 2: Marines released after 105 day in judicial custody. DEC. 20: Kerala High Court temporarily relaxes bail conditions for both Italian marines by allowing them to travel to Italy for two weeks during Christmas. JANUARY 4, 2013: The marines back in Kerala keeping their word. JANUARY 18: Supreme Court dismisses the Italian government's plea that India has no jurisdiction over the case. However, it rules that Kerala didn't have the authority to adjudicate the case since the jurisdiction of the state extends to only 12 nautical miles where as the incident occurred at 20.5 nautical miles. FEB. 22: SC grants plea of Girone and Lattore to visit Italy this time for four weeks to vote in the general elections. MARCH 11: Italian foreign ministry states that the two marines will not return to India to face their charges as they can be tried only under International Maritime law. MARCH 12: PM Manmohan Singh tells Italy that its decision not to send back marines is not acceptable to India. MARCH 14: Supreme Court restrains Italy's ambassador Daniel Mancini from leaving India. Mancini will be tried for contempt of court by the SC if the marines fail to return by March 21.