Intro: Following is the chronology of events in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape and murder case of a 23-year-old girl in which the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the review petitions of three death row convicts.
Dec 16, 2012: Paramedical student gang-raped and brutally assaulted by five men and a juvenile in a private bus;
- The victim and her male friend were later thrown out of the moving vehicle
- Around 11 am, police informed by passersby; later admitted to Safdarjung Hospital.
Dec 17: Widespread protests erupt demanding stringent action against the accused.
- Police identify four accused - bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta.
Dec 18: Ram Singh and three others arrested
Dec 20: Victim's friend testifies.
Dec 21: Juvenile nabbed; victim's friend identifies Mukesh as one of the culprits.
- Police conduct raids in Haryana and Bihar to nab the sixth accused, Akshay Thakur.
Dec 21-22: Thakur arrested in Aurangabad district of Bihar
- Victim records statement before the sub-divisional magistrate in hospital
Dec 23: Protesters defy prohibitory orders, take to the streets.
- Delhi Police Constable Subhash Tomar, on duty to control protests, rushed to hospital with serious injuries
Dec 25: Girl's condition declared critical; Constable Tomar succumbs to injuries
Dec 26: Following a cardiac arrest, victim flown to Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital
Dec 29: Victim succumbs to injuries and other medical conditions at 2:15 am
- Police add murder charge in the FIR
Jan 2, 2013: The then Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir inaugurates fast track court (FTC) for speedy trial in sexual offence cases.
Jan 3: Police file charge sheet against five adult accused over offences, including murder, gang-rape, attempt to murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences and dacoity
Jan 5: Court takes cognisance of the charge sheet
Jan 7: Court orders in-camera proceedings.
Jan 17: FTC starts proceedings against the five adult accused
Jan 28: Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) says the minority of juvenile accused is proved
Feb 2: FTC frames charges against five adult accused
Feb 28: JJB frames charges against the minor
Mar 11: Ram Singh commits suicide in Delhi's Tihar Jail
Mar 22: Delhi HC allows national media to report trial court's proceedings.
Jul 5: Inquiry (trial) in JJB against the juvenile concludes; verdict reserved for July 11
Jul 8: FTC completes recording of testimonies of prosecution witnesses
Jul 11: JJB also holds minor guilty of illegally confining and robbing a carpenter on December 16, the night before the gang-rape incident.
- Delhi HC allows three international news agencies to cover trial
Aug 22: FTC begins hearing final arguments in trial against four adult accused.
Aug 31: JJB convicts the minor for gang-rape and murder and awards three-year term at probation home.
Sep 3: FTC concludes trial; reserves verdict.
Sep 10: Court convicts Mukesh, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan of 13 offences including gang-rape, unnatural offence and murder and attempt to murder victim's male friend
Sep 13: Court awards death to all four convicts.
Sep 23: HC begins hearing the convicts' death sentence reference sent to it by the trial court.
Jan 3, 2014: HC reserves verdict on convicts' appeals.
Mar 13: HC upholds death penalty awarded to the four convicts.
Mar 15: SC stays the execution of 2 convicts, Mukesh and Pawan, after they filed appeals.
- Later stays the execution of other convicts also
Apr 15: SC directs police to produce the dying declaration of the victim
Feb 3, 2017: SC says it would hear afresh the aspect of awarding death penalty to the convicts.
Mar 27: SC reserves verdict on their appeals.
May 5: SC upholds death penalty to four convicts, says the case falls under the category of 'rarest of rare' and the offence created "tsunami of shock".
Nov 8: Mukesh, one of the four death row convicts in the case, moves SC seeking review of its verdict upholding the capital punishment awarded to him.
Dec 12: Delhi Police opposes Mukesh's plea in SC
Dec 15: Convicts Vinay and Pawan move SC for review of its verdict
May 4, 2018: SC reserves order on review plea by two condemned convicts - Vinay and Pawan
Jul 9: SC dismisses review pleas of three convicts
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