Timeline of Delhi gang rape case

    By IANS,

    * Dec 16, 2012: A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern raped by six people, including a juvenile, inside a moving bus.


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    * Dec 17: Bus driver Ram Singh and two other accused arrested.

    * Dec 18: Protests over the incident, crowds clash with police in central Delhi. Fourth accused arrested.

    * Dec 19: Two accused brought before a Delhi court. Accused Vinay tells court “hang me”.

    * Dec 21: Fifth accused, who was 17-and-half years old at the time of the crime, arrested from Anand Vihar in east Delhi while he was boarding a bus to flee to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh.

    Sixth accused Akshay Kumar Singh nabbed from Bihar.

    * Dec 22: Gang rape victim records statement before a sub-divisional magistrate.

    * Dec 23: Fast track court set up by the Delhi High Court.

    * Dec 24: The government announces setting up of a committee to suggest amendments to laws for speedy trials and enhanced punishment for criminals in rape cases.

    * Dec 27: The victim airlifted to Singapore for treatment.

    * Dec 29: She succumbs to her injuries at a Singapore hospital.

    * Dec 30: The body of the gang rape victim flown back to Delhi, cremated.

    * Jan 3, 2013: A case of rape, murder, kidnapping, destruction of evidence, and attempted murder filed against all the five accused in the case.

    * Jan 7: Court orders in-camera trial.

    * Jan 28: Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) declares that one of the accused is a minor.

    * Feb 2: Fast track court paves the way for trial and charges five men for murder, gang rape and other offences.

    * Feb 3: The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013, issued. The relevant bill passed by the Lok Sabha March 19 and the Rajya Sabha March 21, making laws more stringent.

    * Feb 5: Trial begins in the case and court records statements of accused.

    * March 11: Accused Ram Singh found hanging in his Tihar jail cell.

    * May 17: Victim’s mother appears as a prosecution witness before the trial court and says “give justice to my daughter”.

    * June 14: Juvenile accused turns 18 in custody. Age determined based on school certificate.

    * July 11: Juvenile Justice Board in New Delhi defers verdict on the minor accused to July 25.

    * July 25: Juvenile Justice Board defers verdict on minor accused till Aug 5.

    * Aug 22: The Supreme Court allowed the juvenile board to go ahead with pronouncing its verdict.

    * Aug 31: Juvenile Justice Board sentences the minor accused to a three-year stay in a special home.

    * Sep 3: Delhi court reserves its order.

    * Sep 10: All the four accused Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh held guilty on all counts. Court to pronounce quantum of punishment Sep 11.

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