Nirbhaya case: A timeline from December 16, 2012 to March 20, 2020

Nirbhaya convictsnamely Akshay Thakur Mukesh Singh Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta were handed death sentence and executed at 530 am on Friday morning at Delhis Tihar jail All of these four men along with two others were convicted for the brutal gangrape of a 23yearold medical student on a moving bus on the night of December 16 2012Following is the chronology of events in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case in which four death row convicts were hanged Friday morningDec 16 Paramedical student gangraped and brutally assaulted by six men in a private bus and thrown out of the moving vehicle along with her male friend The victim is admitted to Safdarjung HospitalDec 29 Victim succumbs to injuries and other medical conditions Police add murder charge in FIRJan 02 Then Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir inaugurates fast track court FTC for speedy trial in sexual offence casesAug 31 JJB convicts a minor for gangrape and murder and awards threeyear term at probation homeSep 10 Delhi court convicts Mukesh Vinay Akshay Pawan of 13 offences including gangrape unnatural offence and murder of the girl and attempt to murder her male friendSep 13 Court awards death penalty to all 4 convictsMar 13 HC upholds death penalty to the 4 convictsMar 15 SC stays execution of 2 convicts Mukesh and Pawan after they file appeals Later stays execution of other convicts alsoFeb 3 SC says it would hear afresh the aspect of awarding death penalty to the convictsMay 5 SC upholds death penalty to four convicts says the case falls under the category of rarest of rare and the offence created tsunami of shockNov 8 Mukesh one of the four death row convicts in the case moves SC seeking review of its verdict upholding the capital punishment awarded to himDec 15 Convicts Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta move SC for review of its verdictJul 9 SC dismisses review pleas of three convictsFeb 19 Victims parents move Delhi court for issuance of death warrants of the four convictsDec 10 2019 Akshay moves plea in SC seeking review of his death penaltyDec 18 SC dismisses Akshays review plea Delhi court directs Tihar authorities to issue notice to convicts to avail their remaining legal remediesDec 19 Delhi HC dismisses plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta claiming he was a juvenile at the time of the offenceJan 6 Delhi court dismisses complaint filed by Pawans father seeking FIR against sole witness for allegedly deposing falselyJan 7 Delhi court issues death warrants against the four convicts for hanging on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jailJan 14 SC rejects curative petition of Vinay and Mukesh Mukesh files mercy petition before PresidentJan 17 President Ram Nath Kovind rejects Mukeshs mercy plea Tihar jail authorities seeks fresh date of hanging trial court fixes Feb 1 6 AM for executionJan 25 Mukesh moves SC against rejection of mercy pleaJan 29 Akshay approaches SC with curative petition SC rejects plea of Mukesh challenging rejection of his mercy pleaJan 30 SC dismisses curative plea of AkshayJan 31 SC dismisses Pawans plea seeking review of its order rejecting his juvenility claim Delhi court again postpones execution of the black warrants till further orderFeb 5 HC dismisses Centres plea against trial court order says all 4 convicts have to be hanged together It directs convicts to pursue all legal remedies within a week failing which the authorities ordered to take action in accordance with law Centre Delhi government move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convictsFeb 6 Tihar authorities move court for fresh death warrants trial court seeks convicts responseFeb 7 Delhi court dismisses Tihars plea seeking fresh date for execution of convictsFeb 11 Vinay moves SC challenging rejection of mercy plea Victims parents move Delhi court seeking fresh death warrant for convictsFeb 13 Pawan refuses lawyer from DLSA as legal aid jail authorities inform trial court SC appoints senior advocate Anjana Prakash as amicus to represent Pawan Vinay claims mental illness in SC Centre says he has sound mindFeb 14 SC dismisses Vinays plea challenging rejection of mercy petitionFeb 17 Mukesh refuses to be represented by advocate Vrinda Grover Delhi court issues fresh death warrants for March 3Feb 28 Pawan files curative plea in SCMar 2 SC dismisses curative petition of Pawan He files mercy plea Delhi court defers hanging of 4 death row convicts till further orderMar 4 Delhi govt moves court seeking fresh date for execution of cnvictsMar 5 Delhi court fixes Mar 20 as date of execution of convictsMar 6 Mukesh moves SC seeking restoration of his legal remediesMar 11 Pawan moves court for FIR against cops for alleged prison assaultMar 12 Pawans father moves HC against rejection of complaint for FIR against sole witnessMar 13 Vinay moves HC claiming procedural lapse in mercy plea rejectionMar 16 SC rejects Mukeshs plea seeking restoration of legal remedies3 death row convicts move ICJ seeking stay on executionMar 17 Mukesh moves court seeking quashing of death penalty on claim of not being in Delhi at the time of crime plea dismissed Pawan moves SC with fresh curative petition and Akshay files second mercy petitionMar 18 Mukesh moves HC against trial courts Mar 17 order plea dismissed Pawan Vinay and Akshay seek stay on death penalty Delhi court issues notice to Tihar PoliceMar 19 SC rejects curative petition of Pawan Mukesh moves SC claiming he was not in Delhi on Dec 16 2012 plea dismissed Delhi court dismisses plea of Pawan Vinay and Akshay seeking stay of execution SC dismisses Akshays plea challenging rejection of second mercy petitionMar 20 Delhi HC dismisses plea of three convicts seeking stay on execution convicts move SC In a predwan hearing SC brings down curtain on the case by rejecting plea of Pawan Gupta against rejection of second mercy pleaAll four convicts hanged in Tihar jail at 530 amwith inputs from agenciesCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and 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