Oct 12, 2017 15:19:21 (IST)
Chronology of events in the 2008 Aarushi Talwar murder case:
*May 16, 2008: Aarushi Talwar found dead in her bedroom.
Domestic help Hemraj suspected as the killer.
*May 17: Hemraj's body found on the terrace of Talwars'
residential building.
*May 19: Talwar's former domestic help Vishnu Sharma
named suspect.
*May 23: Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar arrested as a key
accused.
*June 1: CBI takes over the probe in the case.
*June 13: Talwar's domestic help Krishna arrested by CBI.
*June 26: CBI declares it a "blind case". Rajesh Talwar
denied bail by a special Ghaziabad magistrate.
*July 12: Rajesh Talwar granted bail.
*December 29: CBI submits closure report. Gives clean
chit to servants, but points fingers at parents.
*February 9, 2011: Court takes cognisance of CBI report
and asks it to continue with prosecution charging Aarushi's
parents with murder and destruction of evidence.
*February 21: Talwars approach Allahabad HC for quashing
trial court summons.
*March 18: Allahabad HC dismisses the plea.
*November, 2013: Rajesh and Nupur convicted for the
double murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a special
CBI court in Ghaziabad.
*September 7, 2017: Allahabad HC bench reserves judgment
on parents' plea and fixes October 12 as the date of
verdict.
*October 12, 2017: Allahabad HC acquits Aarushi's
parents