December 16, 2012: Paramedical student gang-raped and brutally assaulted by six men in a private bus and thrown out of the moving vehicle along with her male friend. Duo admitted to Safdarjung Hospital
December 17, 2012: Widespread protests erupt demanding strict action against the accused. Police identify four accused — bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta
December 18, 2012:
Ram Singh and three others are arrested
December 21, 2012: Delinquent juvenile nabbed from Anand Vihar bus terminal in Delhi. Victim’s friend identifies Mukesh as one of the culprits. Police conduct raids in Haryana and Bihar to nab the sixth accused, Akshay Thakur
December 21-22, 2012: Thakur arrested in Aurangabad district of Bihar and brought to Delhi
December 23, 2012: Protesters defy prohibitory orders, take to the streets
December 26, 2012: Following a cardiac arrest, victim flown to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital by the Government
December 29, 2012: Victim succumbs to injuries and other medical conditions at 2.15 am. Police add murder charge in
the FIR
January 3, 2013: Police file chargesheet against five adult accused for offences, including murder, gang-rape, attempt to murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences and dacoity etc
March 11, 2013: Ram Singh commits suicide in Tihar Jail
July 11, 2013: JJB holds minor guilty of illegally confining and robbing a carpenter on December 16 night before allegedly taking part in the gang-rape
August 31, 2013: JJB convicts the minor for gang-rape and murder and awards three-year term at a probation home
September 13, 2013: Court awards death to all four convicts
September 23, 2013: Delhi HC begins hearing the convicts’ death sentence reference sent to it by the trial court
October 7, 2013: Convicts Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur file appeal against conviction and sentence
November 12, 2013: Supreme Court asks HC not to rush through with the December16 gang-rape case
January 3, 2014: HC reserves verdict on convicts’ appeal
March 13, 2014: HC upholds death penalty to the accused