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Timeline of Delhi gang rape case

A juvenile accused was sentenced to three-year stay in a special home by the Juvenile Justice Board early today. Here is a timeline of major developments in the case.

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A woman was brutally gang raped by six people on the night of December 16th in a moving private bus which she and her male friend boarded in south Delhi. A juvenile accused was sentenced to three-year stay in a special home by the Juvenile Justice Board early today. Here is a timeline of major developments in the case:

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

* 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 to “hang him”. 

* Dec 21: Fifth accused, who claims to be 17-and-a-half-years old, arrested from Anand Vihar in east Delhi.

* Accused Akshay Kumar Singh arrested 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 in law for speedy trials and enhanced punishment for criminals in rape cases.

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

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

* Dec 30: 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 10: Five accused get lawyers for defence.

* Jan 28: Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) declares that one of the six 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, passed by Lok Sabha March 19 and Rajya Sabha March 21. 

* 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 calculated according to school certificate.

* July 11: JJB in New Delhi defers verdict on minor accused to July 25. 

* July 25: JJB defers verdict on minor accused till Aug 5. 

* Aug 22: The Supreme Court allowed the juvenile board to go ahead with pronouncing its verdict after accepting BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea for a fresh interpretation of the term juvenile.

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

-IANS

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