New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday sentenced Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav to 30 years in prison for the murder of Nitish Katara, a friend of Vikas Yadav's sister. Following is the timeline of the murder case:
Feb 16-17, 2002: Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav allegedly abduct and kill Nitish Katara for his intimacy with Vikas's sister Bharti Yadav.
Feb 20: The burnt body of Nitish Katara is found near Hapur crossing in a village in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
March 31: UP police file chargesheet in the murder case.
Apr 23: Police arrest accused Vikas and Vishal from Madhya Pradesh.
Aug 23: The Supreme Court orders the transfer of the case from a Ghaziabad sessions court to Delhi High Court.
Nov 23: Delhi High Court frames charges against the accused in the murder case and orders conduct of a separate trial against the third accused, Sukhdev Pehalwan in the case.
May 27, 2008: Court reserves order in the case.
May 28: Trial court holds Vikas and Vishal guilty in Nitish Katara murder case.
May 30: Court sentences both convicts to life terms.
July 1: Nitish's mother Neelam Katara approaches Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Vikas and Vishal.
Sept 5: Vikas and Vishal file appeal in High Court challenging the trial court verdict.
Jul 6, 2011: Trial court convicts Sukhdev Pehalwan in the case.
Jul 10: Court awards life imprisonment to Sukhdev.
Apr 16, 2013: High Court reserves judgment on appeals filed respectively by Nitish's mother Neelam Katara, the three convicts and the prosecution.
Apr 2, 2014: High Court upholds conviction of Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev, says it was a case of honour killing.
A Sikh student was detained in the US for wearing a kirpan. This case of misconduct by the US pol
US President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday that the US military would defend Taiwan in
The storm and rain that came on Monday evening in the capital of Delhi caused a lot of devastatio
Farmers should encircle Bhopal like Delhi, encircle every state capital: Rakesh Tikait
Rakesh Tikait, who became the face of the farmers who have been agitating on the Delhi border for
Saradha Scam: Arrested Former Union Minister Hospitalised
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Former union minister Matang Sinh, arrested by the CBI for his alleged co
On the last day of the high-level debate held during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly,
Because of the increasing cases of corona in many states of the country, now a lockdown is being
In China, there have been protests many times in different parts of the country regarding Preside
Digital India to Prepare Nation for Tech-Based Transformation
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Digital India programme would pr
Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has reached Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Today is the second da
