Mumbai 1993 blasts: Timeline

How the case progressed:

March 12, 1993: Serial blasts rock Mumbai - 257 killed, 713 injured

March-April 1993: In a matter of 24 hours, the Mumbai Police crack case and arrest more than 150 accused in a matter of two months

April 19 , 1993: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt arrested

November 4, 1993:Mumbai police Crime Branch-CID file over 10,000 page primary chargesheet

November 19, 1993: CBI takes over case.

April 19, 1994: Trial begins before Judge JN Patel

April 10, 1995: Charges framed

April 30, 1995: Supreme Court discharges two more accused - travel agent Abu Asim Azmi (Samajwadi Party leader) and Amjed Meher Baux

June 30, 1995: Trial commences before Judge JN Patel, two accused turn approvers

March 29, 1996: PD Kode takes over as TADA Judge

September 12, 2006: Judge Kode starts delivering judgement

May 18, 2007: Judge Kode starts the final sentencing process - he convicts 100 accused and acquits 23 accused

July 30, 2015: Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur prison

June 16, 2016: Six accused convicted by special TADA judge GA Sanap